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Re:Raspberry Pi is merging with a coding foundation by jeffdubin on Friday May 26, 2017 @03:12PM (#14426441)
Sure, but not many have gobs of documentation, regularly updated OS distros, and a rabid community of coders, makers, educators, etc. That Raspi B you bought five years ago is still supported by the latest Raspbian releases. Not many other boards will have that kind of long-term support.

Until there's a (well adopted) common platform standard for these ARM-based boards, the Raspberry Pi Foundation must continue to develop their hardware. Unless... perhaps Eben and Co could work on that standard, and its adoption, as part of their goals.

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Re:Raspberry Pi is merging with a coding foundation by AkirIkasu on Friday May 26, 2017 @07:50PM (#14428024)
The problem is that the entire ARM economy tends to have rather spotty support as a whole. There are mountains of proprietary peripherals baked into the chips, so you can't just pick and choose better supported options like you can on PCs with removable parts.

And while a chip manufacturer may make a handful of refreshes, most ARM platforms tend to only last a few years before being completely abandoned in favor of new ones. I am frankly amazed they can still get the BCM2835.

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