Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 09:12:18 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: dennis@etinc.com (dennis) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Watchdog timers (was: Re: Multi-Port Async Cards) Message-ID: <199602012242.JAA25098@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199602011539.KAA19544@etinc.com> from "dennis" at Feb 1, 96 10:39:50 am
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dennis stands accused of saying: > > > >At $140, that's ~$80 for margin and overheads, which is a reasonable price > >depending on how many you move. Just don't cry poor about it, ok? 8) > I'm not going to get into an production argument with the great > business minds on this list! 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 products. Thanks for straightening me out! Sheesh Dennis. I should explain (painfully) what I do for a living, and why I have a pretty good idea of what circuit designs cost, and then observe that I left over 50% of your take for 'overheads'. Just for laughs, I got a quote from a local design agency that I do a fair amount of work for; they ballparked the design at ~$800 including software and three working prototypes. Like I said, your price is reasonable; just don't go assuming that the rest of us are idiots that should swallow your every word as gospel. It makes it very hard to tell the difference between the things you _do_ know about (which are worth hearing) and those that are just your opinions. > Dennis -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "wherever you go, there you are" - Buckaroo Banzai [[
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