Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 08 Feb 2008 00:17:29 +1030 | From | David Newall <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] USB: mark USB drivers as being GPL only |
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Alan Cox wrote: >> I heard this all before and I don't buy it anymore. At some point the >> companies in Asia will understand that the whole picture looks different >> and that not always cheap, cheap, cheap is best for their margins.
Again, I missed who wrote the above. I'm reminded of Apple computer, who explaining some engineering decisions in the Apple ][ pointed out that an additional 10c in components adds $10 to the retail price (or something rather like that.) Cheap, cheap, cheap helps market share far more than quality.
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