Verses in praise of the Raspberry Pi . . .

            RASPBERRY PI
Let me praise thee, Raspberry Pi
True Apple of my eye
A computer for you and me
Whose innards we can actually see
Allowing kids to write their code
In a backroom of their own abode
At last we are able to turn the pages
And leave behind the darkest of Ages
When Apple and giants like Microsoft
Held the keys to their castles aloft
And declared their computers No Go zones
As did the firms that sold us mobile phones
Who shut out those kids who wanted to code
The results of which soon tragically showed
By killing creation for a whole generation
In schools they constrained an entire nation
No one can count the cost
Of such creativity lost 
Which only now we can we begin to see.
Looking back on Britain's gaming industry
Built by youngsters who'd cut their teeth
By having access to the code  beneath
The BBC B and Spectrum machine.
So, in the next few years  it will be seen
How children let loose will make merry
Bllowing a metaphorical Raspberry
At the walled gardens of yesteryear
Playing with their computers without fear
And, trust me, you will inevitably see
An increase in the value of our GDP
   

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Taken on: July 18, 2014

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