[Wylug-discuss] Raspberry Pi -- Sites Crashed -- Product Sold Out

[Andrew J Cole]

>Gnrr! .. Logged on a 0555 ... project site already unconnectable ...
>finally got through to temporary static page at 0615 ... followed
>links to retailers (Farnell and RS) ... both sites down ... Google
>news for "Raspberry Pi" ... discover all 3 sites crashed, and all
>product sold ... search ebay to discover products for sale at GBP50 to
>GBP 1000 ... many items already sold at double the ticket price.
>
>Looks like the same old story for British engineering: great product,
>shit management and logistics. Discuss.

The BBC puff is currently timestamped "29 February 2012 Last updated
at 06:17" and Leeds gets a mention.

	`The Raspberry Pi computer goes on general sale
	http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17190918

Andrew