quoted 3 lines I've worked> I've worked
>in computer engineering for years, and let me tell you, making small runs
>of hardware is very expensive
Ok, lets all agree (or not) that making a CD, or even a vinyl record in
runs of 100-500 to be cool and anti-profit is way artsy and hip, but I
HAVE to agree with Kent in that manufacturing boxes of silicon, steel,
and 100,000-1,000,000 lines of code for anything less than a REAL profit
is just plain *STUPID*..
Ill buy records all day long from not-for-profit art music hipsters but
if I sink a few grand into hardware, I want to make DAMN sure they do it
with firm eye on the bottom line so when I have an upgrade issue a few
years down the road, they arent out-of-business cuz they cant compete in
the real world with their never-neverland, dreamworld agenda.
You can argue both sides of it, and Ill not say another word about it,
but too many high-techish companies are started by well-intentioned
hippies with large inheiritances and by the time they figure out their
granola-crunchy progressive policies are causing their companies to
hemorrhage money like a sliced artery grandma's money runs out and all
the customers are left hanging in the wind.
just my $2,000.02
ernie
Ernesto Ikerd, (817) 763-4795
Company Graphics, Dept 17, MZ-1156
Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems
Fort Worth, Texas
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