Path: ...!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2024 02:00:09 +0000 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc X-Mozilla-News-Host: news://news.west.earthlink.net:119 From: "26xh.0717" <26xh.0718@e6t4y.net> Subject: rPI Goes Public Organization: snippy grate Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2024 22:00:08 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.13.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: Lines: 53 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 99.101.150.97 X-Trace: sv3-elvWue8Fqt0x7BSpHepWJPxQJw1bRy2S56R6eAU0kguK/TD2BVEynktwi1GPmXZV01ndiBSzGxKpCYz!tEtvy8zqWyEs7GovCp4Ji14YKonaEINIfdR110IJXNs4FAZ6HfTuO6duMff7dN54xYlfNJ85gWlU!RWpHDyVF59Gkwr8QhxsN X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 3432 https://www.euronews.com/business/2024/06/11/raspberry-pi-shares-rise-by-more-than-a-third-on-london-market-debut British microcomputer maker Raspberry Pi launched its initial public offering (IPO) today on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) after pricing its shares at 280p. For now, only conditional trading is allowed, which means that only some select investors will be able to trade the company’s shares, with the majority of retail investors having to wait until Friday 14 June, when trading opens for everyone. Following the IPO however, Raspberry Pi’s shares soared as high as 392p, with the company revealing that it was hoping for a valuation of about £541.6 million (€642.48 million). The Cambridge based group said on its website: “This is a watershed moment for Raspberry Pi, and the start of a new phase in our evolution: access to the public market will enable us to build more of the products you love, faster. .. . . Well, we hope for the best. However "faster", unto itself, was never what PIs were supposed to be all about. They are a kind of halfway point between micro-controllers and "real PCs" - a neglected niche they filled quite well along with a few others like BBBs. But what are we looking at now, "Pi Desktops" ? "Gamers PIs" ? Sorry, but THOSE niches are packed with strong competition, no money to be made. I'd SAY the P5 is maybe as far as they should go in terms of "performance" now (except that Debian went to hell with Worm). More I/O options/interfaces might be a more productive direction. SuperMicro sells some little 5x5 inch boards that have plugs on them for stuff I'd never even heard of in about 50 years into computers - had to look up some of them. Each had, and apparently still have, real-world uses. THIS, IMHO, is where PI should be. Kiosk/ industrial/robotic/whatever-odd-use. There are tons of micro-controllers - Ards are good and have huge libraries now - and "real PCs" of the x86 ilk are just prolific (look up BMax and BeeLink if you want 'small'/affordable), but there is still room in the middle and PI is a known name. Oh ... one RISK of going public, aggressive competitors can buy-out, and exterminate.