I view it more as an novel solution. The Pi's power cable is Micro-USB, so buying things that interact with that standard rather than hacking up your own cables makes a bit of sense.
Very nice. However, do you have any ideas what can be accomplished with a multi-computer rack infrastructure that costs about $500?
It is probably too weak to run virtualization (which racks are used for these days). It is also not trivial to set up cluster computing wherein these multiple computers can meaningfully share memory and computing resources. Many of us can afford a 7 computer rack for less than $500, but how do we use it?
Would anyone pay about $20/month to rent an RPi colocated somewhere in the states, along with a basic control panel (reboot, reinstall, virtual console access, etc.)? Something like a model B with a 16 GB SD card? Just curious if there is a market for this vs virtual servers.
http://www.lowendtalk.com/discussion/9372/colocating-my-rasp...