n the size of credit card, Raspberry Pi is a Linux based computer with all the function you can imagine. It first developed in the UK by the Raspberry Pi Foundation with the intention of promoting the teaching of basic computer science in schools.
This small SoC computer may be the solvation for poor country or starter of the computer. Because of the moral of the foundation, even the Operation System has plenty options. Open source keeps the development without calculating profit and this is the key point. This makes people willing to devote their passion to make it better.
Countries in Africa have better chances by plugging into the computer world. People in these countries even make their income less than a dollar per day, so to buy a computer is never going to be happening. Cellphone are popular in Africa, but not computer. So low price and full functional Raspberry Pi may be a good choice.
There are over 3 million sets sold over the world, some schools in the UK and USA take Raspberry Pi as a start of the coding program. Experts also think that Raspberry is a very good start for the beginner of the computer or programmer. A mid-east country government even provides free Pi for women who are willing to start up a business or learning with the computers.
On the other hand, giant like Intel also have similar products like Pi, called Galileo. More powerful than Pi, but also more expansive. There are also some other manufactures like BeagleBoarb and SeeedStudio. Different makers, but the same purpose. To provide a low cost but easier away to access to the world of computer.
In the age of the computing, through the computer can visit the world faster and even more convenient. Raspberry Pi is just only a start, there will be more and more choices like this. At the meanwhile, to have the Pi first.
