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Re:Introducing Raspberry Pi B+ by goldenkey on Monday July 14, 2014 @05:24AM (#8030176)
Ebon Upton [0], one of the main folk from the Raspberry Pi foundation works for Broadcom and does SoC. So odds are slim considering that connection probably enabled them to get extreme price arrangements otherwise not doable.

[0] http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi_Foundation

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Re:Introducing Raspberry Pi B+ by WatchDog on Monday July 14, 2014 @06:14AM (#8030261)
His Broadcom relationship is probably much less relevant now that the foundation has some money in the bank and a product that has achieved wide spread success.
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Re:Introducing Raspberry Pi B+ by fnordfnordfnord on Monday July 14, 2014 @11:06AM (#8031243)
Exactly, there shouldn't be any trouble getting a vendors attention now.
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