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Technology writer [[Glyn Moody]] described the project in May 2011 as a "potential {{nowrap|[[BBC Micro]] 2.0}}", not by replacing {{nowrap|[[PC compatible]]}} machines but by supplementing them.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2011/05/as-british-as-raspberry-pi |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130102155751/https://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2011/05/as-british-as-raspberry-pi |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 January 2013 |title=As British as Raspberry Pi? |work=Computerworld UK Open Enterprise blog |date=9 May 2011 |access-date=2 February 2012 |first=Moody |last=Glyn |author-link=Glyn Moody}}</ref> In March 2012 Stephen Pritchard echoed the BBC Micro successor sentiment in ''ITPRO''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.itpro.co.uk/639292/raspberry-pi-a-bbc-micro-for-todays-generation |title=Raspberry Pi: A BBC Micro for today's generation |work=ITPRO |date=1 March 2012 |access-date=15 March 2012 |author=Pritchard, Stephen}}</ref> Alex Hope, co-author of the Next Gen report, is hopeful that the computer will engage children with the excitement of programming.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/video-games/8931387/Computing-classes-dont-teach-programming-skills.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/video-games/8931387/Computing-classes-dont-teach-programming-skills.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Computing classes don't teach programming skills |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=3 December 2011 |access-date=27 February 2012 |author=Stanford, Peter |___location=London}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Co-author [[Ian Livingstone]] suggested that the [[BBC]] could be involved in building support for the device, possibly branding it as the BBC Nano.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16424990 |title=Raspberry Pi bids for success with classroom coders |work=BBC News|date=10 January 2012 |access-date=29 February 2012 |author=Vallance, Chris}}</ref> [[The Centre for Computing History]] strongly supports the Raspberry Pi project, feeling that it could "usher in a new era".<ref>{{cite web |date=9 January 2012 |title=One of the First Raspberry Pi Computers Donated to Museum |url=https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/news/16944/ |access-date=28 February 2012 |publisher=[[The Centre for Computing History]]}}</ref> Before release, the board was showcased by [[ARM Ltd.|ARM's]] CEO [[Warren East]] at an event in Cambridge outlining Google's ideas to improve UK science and technology education.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cabume.co.uk/the-cluster/how-google-can-really-help-improve-stem-teaching-in-the-uk.html |title=How Google can really help improve STEM teaching in the UK |work=Cabume |date=23 February 2012 |access-date=28 February 2012 |author=Osborn, George |archive-date=2 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302104327/http://www.cabume.co.uk/the-cluster/how-google-can-really-help-improve-stem-teaching-in-the-uk.html |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Harry Fairhead, however, suggests that more emphasis should be put on improving the educational software available on existing hardware, using tools such as [[GoogleMIT App Inventor]] to return programming to schools, rather than adding new hardware choices.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.i-programmer.info/professional-programmer/i-programmer/3419-raspberry-pi-or-programming.html |title=Raspberry Pi or Programming – What shall we teach the children? |work=I Programmer |date=2 December 2011 |access-date=7 February 2012 |author=Fairhead, Harry}}</ref> Simon Rockman, writing in a ''[[ZDNet]]'' blog, was of the opinion that teens will have "better things to do", despite what happened in the 1980s.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/is-raspberry-pi-a-mid-life-crisis/ |title=Is Raspberry Pi a mid-life crisis? |publisher=[[ZDNet]] |date=21 February 2012 |access-date=24 February 2012 |author=Rockman, Simon |quote=Just because young teens led the way in computing in the 1980s doesn't mean it should, will or can happen again. Those outside the tech age bubble have better things to do.}}</ref>

In October 2012, the Raspberry Pi won T3's Innovation of the Year award,<ref>{{cite web|title=Raspberry Pi – Innovation of the Year|url=https://awards.t3.com/categories/innovation-of-the-year/raspberry-pi|publisher=T3 Gadget Awards |access-date=9 October 2012}}</ref> and futurist [[Mark Pesce]] cited a (borrowed) Raspberry Pi as the inspiration for his [[ambient device]] project MooresCloud.<ref>{{cite web |title=Showtime |date=5 October 2012 |url=https://blog.moorescloud.com/2012/10/05/showtime/ |website=Crowdfunding the Light |access-date=17 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509051353/https://blog.moorescloud.com/2012/10/05/showtime/ |archive-date=9 May 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In October 2012, the [[British Computer Society]] responded to the announcement of enhanced specifications by stating, "it's definitely something we'll want to sink our teeth into."<ref>{{cite web|title=Latest Raspberry Pi has double the RAM|url=https://www.bcs.org/content/conWebDoc/48492|work=BCS website|publisher=[[British Computer Society|BCS]]|date=16 October 2012|access-date=18 October 2012|archive-date=14 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130414004501/http://www.bcs.org/content/conWebDoc/48492|url-status=dead}}</ref>