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The results are in: The Raspberry Pi 3 is the most desired maker SBC by a 4-to-1 margin. In other trends: x86 SBCs and Linux/Arduino hybrids get a boost.
More than ever, it's a Raspberry Pi world, and other Linux hacker boards are just living in it. Our 2017 hacker board survey gives the Raspberry Pi 3 a total of 2,583 votes — four times the number of the second-ranked board, the Raspberry Pi Zero W.
[...] Note that by "votes" we are referring to Borda rankings that combine 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choice rankings [...]
So, which if any credit-card-sized computers are you lot playing around with?
Source: http://linuxgizmos.com/2017-hacker-board-survey-raspberry-pi-still-rules-but-x86-sbcs-make-gains/
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2017 Hacker Board Survey: Raspberry Pi Still Rules, but x86 SBCs Make Gains
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Can anyone remember when the times were not hard, and money not scarce?
(Score: 3, Informative) by cafebabe on Friday June 23 2017, @02:51PM
This is not the mentality of, for example, using Windows because it is "supported". A minority of Raspberry Pis will still be available in 10 or 20 years. For a similar scenario, the Nokia 3210, released in 1999 [wikipedia.org], is still widely available [ebay.com]&\160;- and that isn't because Nokia (Microsoft) offers good support.
In 20 years, when an embedded system stops working (and the company which made it ceased trading 10 years before), when a junior technician opens the box and blows away the dust, the junior technician can ask the senior technician "What's a Raspberry Pi?" and the senior technician can answer "Oh God! I thought I'd seen the last of those!" which is one step better than "We're completely screwed!" but, admittedly, not by much. (And, unlike systems deployed with the Feb 2016 version of Raspian, current deployments might handle the 2038 problem [wikipedia.org].)
Paradoxically, by envisioning such future-proofing, this scenario is less likely to happen. Mainstream components make customers more confident. Products have higher re-sale value. Confident customers keep a business viable. Viable business is able to offer long-term support.
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