Eben Upton: Blowing a Raspberry Pi at the computer industry
The credit card-sized kids' computer has grown up into an education, publishing and retail operation. And the device is increasingly being picked up by business users too.
Actually, no one ate any raspberry pie during the brunch.
Aphra Upton, aged nearly two, rubs gingerbread-sticky hands over her father’s face and tries to clamber up his shirtfront. She is eloquently underscoring the point Eben Upton has just been making: designing something sturdy enough for kids is difficult and if you can get that right, it will pretty much work anywhere else.
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