Raspberry season has officially begun. Makers of the cheap, customizable Raspberry Pi [3] computing device announced on their blog [4] that they're ready to take bulk orders of the new device--so schools, universities and businesses can order them if they wanted to. A first crop of Raspberry Pis, a limited batch, went on sale online in February, and the demand crashed the makers' websites [5]. Though demand for the device was strong, both manufacturers of the device--RS Componenets and Premier Farnell-- were delayed because of an accidental hardware swap [6], and delays in acquiring "CE" certification for the devices.

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