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==Reception==
Technology writer [[Glyn Moody]] described the project in May 2011 as a "potential BBC {{nowrap|Micro 2.0}}", not by replacing {{nowrap|[[PC compatible]]}} machines but by supplementing them.<ref name="computerworlduk as british">{{cite web | url=http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2011/05/as-british-as-raspberry-pi | title=As British as Raspberry Pi? | publisher=[[Computerworld]] | work=Computerworld UK Open Enterprise blog | date=May 09, 11 | accessdate=February 02, 2012 | author=Moody Glyn | authorlink=Glyn Moody}}</ref> It has been suggested that it is the "wrong route" to focus on new hardware like {{nowrap|Raspberry Pi}}, when existing software such as [[Google App Inventor]] can be used to return programming to schools.<ref name="
In the UK enquiries about the board have been received from schools in both the [[state school|state]] and [[independent school|independent]] sectors, with around five times as much interest from the latter (January 2012). It is hoped that businesses will sponsor purchases for less advantaged schools.<ref name="guardian reboot computing" />
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