02-09-2021, 08:57 PM
(02-09-2021, 07:22 PM)zborgerd Wrote: One would think that the Raspberry Pi Foundation is also "bribed" to use those Broadcom chips that nobody else uses.
But it's more likely that it's because Broadcom is a founder of the foundation.
And because Eben Upton works for Broadcom. Broadcom also has close relationships with other tech companies like Microsoft. Microsoft previously partnered with the Raspberry Pi foundation to put Windows 10 on the Raspberry Pi. Windows on ARM is a big deal now in case people didn't know. Not just big. HUGE.
It's a "charity" that's run by a major semiconductor corporation. Anyone that's expecting anything but a corporate product is misguided. The Pi is currently a hobbyist's toy and Broadcom is the toymaker, but it's becoming more serious as a functional computer. But I think that people are overthinking this. Microsoft has a lot of Linux compatible software now. If you want to do any serious VSCode / .NET development on Linux, to probably will have a Microsoft repository in your lists. And The Pi foundation's reasoning for this is to make it easy to install.
https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewt...8#p1810728
Quote:"Thank you, everyone, for your feedback, this won't be changing because it makes the first experience for people who do want to use tools such as VSCode easier." - Gordon Hollingworth PhD
Raspberry Pi - Director of Software Engineering
BY THE WAY... Microsoft also owns Github. So whenever you use that, it's also "phoning home".
"BY THE WAY" ...did u just signed up here to shill for microsot ?