Educating Programmers Summit - Eben Upton, Raspberry Pi Foundation

From the summit organised by Jason Gorman of Codemanship on Aug 25th 2011 at Bletchley Park

Eben Upton, director of the Raspberry Pi Foundation discusses how he hopes their $25 Linux computer will be a game-changer in the battle to get kids programming in school

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[drainocleanser]

Where the petrol dollar doesn't rain supreme shipping cost is gonna murder virgins.

[MarkRyanBham101]

First parts to what Eben was saying is very true. When the consoles came, C64, Sinclair etc was being eaten up left right centre. We have the Commodore Amiga and Atari ST but kids were more interested in games and the computers were very expensive. I remember the Amiga costing about £400 which was a lot to pay for a parent to give to a child. I hope this project works and gets some of the kids into creating something. I will certainly consider purchasing one.

[Eghhhh]

I am really excited for this project. I definitely want one!

[Richard Bensley]

Fantastic pitch. He is scarily correct. I learnt on an Amiga, those were great days. It was robust and fun to use. Home computers now are vulnerable, and regimented.

[electrodacus]

Hope there will be good documentation on the board and also the BCM2835.

[D2dH]

The RaspberryPi will change the world.