Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 11:04:46 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: if_de.c ???? Message-ID: <199705130134.LAA12123@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199705121918.MAA08071@phaeton.artisoft.com> from Terry Lambert at "May 12, 97 12:18:29 pm"
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Terry Lambert stands accused of saying: > > The unit production cost is the thing, and SMC is going to have a > lower unit production cost than "Joe Schmoe" because of quantity > price breaks from their vendors, and economies of scale on production. They also have brand identification and loyalty that lets them sell their product successfully at twice the price of a "noname" startup competitor, with equivalent (or lower) manufacturing costs. > If you think DEC isn't going to sell those specs to "Joe Schmoe" in > order to protect SMC's market, then you have another thing coming. This is the beauty of the seperated chip/board vendor model 8) > Terry Lambert -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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