From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Feb 1 09:22:12 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id JAA11498 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 1 Feb 1996 09:22:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from tfs.com (tfs.com [140.145.250.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA11493 for ; Thu, 1 Feb 1996 09:22:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from critter.tfs.com by tfs.com (smail3.1.28.1) with SMTP id m0ti2hS-0003wJC; Thu, 1 Feb 96 09:21 PST Received: from localhost.tfs.com (localhost.tfs.com [127.0.0.1]) by critter.tfs.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id SAA09668; Thu, 1 Feb 1996 18:21:34 +0100 X-Authentication-Warning: critter.tfs.com: Host localhost.tfs.com didn't use HELO protocol To: dennis@etinc.com (dennis) cc: Michael Smith , hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Watchdog timers (was: Re: Multi-Port Async Cards) In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 01 Feb 1996 10:39:50 EST." <199602011539.KAA19544@etinc.com> Date: Thu, 01 Feb 1996 18:21:32 +0100 Message-ID: <9666.823195292@critter.tfs.com> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > Your analysis illustrates why 80% of new businesses fail in the first > year......your understand of the costs of acquisition, inventory, marketing, > general > admin, warranties and sales is quite amazing! Plus you have to weigh the time > and resources against that which could be spend on much higher margin product s. > Thanks for straightening me out! Well, Dennis, some of us are still wondering how long you are going to survive with your firm grasp of "customer contact & communication" :-) -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@ref.tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Future will arrive by its own means, progress not so.