It's a shame that they're not having two streams - the ultra low cost machine delivered to their intended target, and a commercial machine delivered to the thousands of hackers who've expressed very real interest.<p>The hacker stream could be slightly more expensive, and would help (or entirely fund?) distribution and documentation and etc of the low cost stream<p>Also:<p>> Mr Braben got his start in games thanks to the BBC Micro on which he, and school friend Ian Bell, created pioneering computer game Elite.<p>The BBC micro was pretty expensive, and normally found in schools or homes of well off families. So I'm glad he's decided to get a really cheap capable machine in the homes of people who could use it, rather than an odd niche gimmicky development board.<p>There's some things wrong with English education, especially with technical subjects at all levels, and it's nice to see someone side-stepping the political nonsense and delivering something that might actually help.<p>I wonder which of today's 12 year olds will turn up in 15 years time saying "I started with a Raspberry PI".