The business arm of Raspberry Pi is preparing to make an initial public offering (IPO) in London. CEO Eben Upton tells Ars that should the IPO happen, it will let Raspberry Pi’s not-for-profit side expand by “at least a factor of 2X.” And while it’s “an understandable thing” that Raspberry Pi enthusiasts could be concerned, “while I’m involved in running the thing, I don’t expect people to see any change in how we do things.”
“…watch us [do exactly that]. Keep watching [as we do exactly that and worse]. Let’s look at it in 15, 20 years’ time [long after I’ve cut and run with my golden parachute and left the rotting corpse of this company get picked apart by vulture investors and am long past caring]”