I don't understand why you are making this comparison, or what expectations you have.

I expect technology to emancipate and not to enslave. And that was/is the potential of the new generation DIY electronics. I am not comparing out of spite, "I told you so" or "mine is bigger than yours". But because I would like to see what impact it does/will have on that front and possible ways to boost it. From my point of view, it looks it has very little impact although the barrier of entry is lowest ever as you mentioned. Sure, 25mil Pis sold to day but I want to see them wherever I look freeing people, making life easier, reclaiming free time, and not for class experiments only (but it's a start ... albeit for 20 years now).

Why you would expect the be able to compare learning how to do something (programming/electronics/building your own stuff) with simply being a consumer of something makes no sense to me.

(I also said that) this revolution could have had the impact of the smartphone but it wont because the business model of "consumerisation" (appstores etc) and data collection will not work here and so it is destined to stay in the margins as "hobby". Which is a shame AFAIC, so, for my reasons, stevieb's project is important and should continue and threw an idea how to do that.

I have no interest in hobbies. I am interested to learn and aiming to share it and put what I have learned to practical use, primarily for changing the society I found myself in as IMO it is totally unfit for any purpose except a race track for rats.

Closing scene: Harry Tuttle fixing the aircondition in Brazil. And cut from me.

In reply to Re^7: Is Perl on the Raspberry Pi worth it? by bliako
in thread Is Perl on the Raspberry Pi worth it? by stevieb

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