Raspberry Pi reveals the final PCB design for the $25 PC

Re:Raspberry Pi reveals the final PCB design for the $25 PC by beagle3 on Tuesday November 15, 2011 @09:36PM (#3241467)

I've read all of Joe's comments in this thread, and I'm not really surprised. He is either a troll (and not a very successful one if he is), or, more likely, a bigot who believes that the any software worth running costs >$100 (office, photoshop).

Unfortunately, he represents a non-negligible majority of users out there. But I care not discussing anything with him and his like on HN. I've got better use for my time.

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Re:Raspberry Pi reveals the final PCB design for the $25 PC by 101000101 on Tuesday November 15, 2011 @10:49PM (#3241652)

Maybe he works for a company that sells software priced at over $100?

I have no doubt such companies have employees, or contractors, who not only monitor message boards on behalf of the company, but who post comments on them in a deliberate attempt to influence discussions in ways favorable to the company's interests. Whether they are effective is another question. But they are trying.

Younger readers should be aware of this as they are the ones being targetted.

Perhaps it's not that a majority of users are convinced price equates to quality control so much as a majority are aggressively manipulated in terms of what information about software they are exposed to.

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