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Date:      Wed, 31 Jan 1996 15:42:35 -0500
From:      dennis@etinc.com (dennis)
To:        Joe Greco <jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com>
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Watchdog timers (was: Re: Multi-Port Async Cards)
Message-ID:  <199601312042.PAA17359@etinc.com>

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>> >> Doesnt matter...dont make enough on it to really care, even at 195. But i
>> >> find it 
>> >> interesting that someone would be willing to spend the time to build
one if
>> >> they only needed a handful. You've already spent more on time thinking
about
>> >> it then you'll save!
>> >
>> >At $169, to purchase a dozen would cost me $2028.  Unlike you, I am not
>> >operating a revenue-generating organization, and $2028 is an appreciable
>> >chunk of one of my paychecks, which is ultimately where the money would 
>> >come from.
>> 
>> Ok...Ok...all I was saying was that if you build it yourself it will cost
>> $50. and you cant design and manufacture 10 cards for the difference. 
>
>If I build them myself and build 12, it costs me $600 - I count a $1428
>difference.  That's significant financial savings.

of course you cant build 12 for $50. each with tooling and prototypes..but
even if you could...

You must not pay yourself much...thats not much of my time.

db
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