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Re:The Raspberry Pi store is much cooler than an Apple Store by ac29 on Monday February 11, 2019 @03:11PM (#19137817)
The Pi Zero W can run a full Linux stack. The ESP8266 is essentially a fancy microcontroller. They aren't really comparable solutions, though they can certainly do some of the same tasks.
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Re:The Raspberry Pi store is much cooler than an Apple Store by semi-extrinsic on Monday February 11, 2019 @04:41PM (#19138614)
I know the difference between the stacks, but what I'm asking specifically about the Zero is, when do you

(need the additional benefits of a full Linux stack) && (the modest hardware of the Pi Zero W is enough) && (are shipping stuff at scale yet can live with the flakyness of microSD)?

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Re:The Raspberry Pi store is much cooler than an Apple Store by seba_dos1 on Monday February 11, 2019 @08:57PM (#19140356)
You don't need to ship stuff at scale in order to make sensible use of more than one board.
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