From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 12 Jun 2012 01:47:17 EDT." <2b0da9ef49531cfadbbfbe0de722db79@kw.quanstro.net> References: <1339445686.14444.5.camel@localhost> <20120612045603.GA14247@intma.in> <20120612051359.GB17382@intma.in> <2b0da9ef49531cfadbbfbe0de722db79@kw.quanstro.net> Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 10:26:45 -0700 From: Bakul Shah Message-Id: <20120612172645.2B417B827@mail.bitblocks.com> Subject: Re: [9fans] Mini PCs Topicbox-Message-UUID: 9db39ff2-ead7-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 I have a different view on this. Boards like the RaspberryPi are just fine as a hobbyist hardware hacking/embedded platform. At $25 to $35 a pop I can buy a bunch of them and put them to different uses. If you design any small board with a few ICs & a microproc, it can end up costing in the same range or more in parts alone (even if you make a few hundred to sell, per board cost will not be much lower). With the raspi I only have to add app specific logic if needed. Sure, I wish they'd done a bunch of things differently and I wish it was more open and the USB core they used had proper documentation etc. but it has plenty of good stuff I can alreay use that I can't get as cheaply elsewhere. But I'd rather run plan9 on it than Linux. I am attempting a port but don't let that stop anyone else from trying. If you are working on a port or you want to collaborate, please contact me off the list. I can certainly use all the help I can get and there is no point in duplication of effort if it can be avoided.