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From: Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: rPI Goes Public
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2024 07:36:33 +0100
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not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) writes:
> From the side of software development, I can see how their original
> charity status might have motivated programmers to contribute to
> improving open-source software support for the first Pis more than
> for competitors that were always for-profit organisations.

Not impossible, but remember that the early history of Linux and the GNU
project is of volunteers building software for computers that were very
much manufactured for profit.

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https://www.greenend.org.uk/rjk/