From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Oct 22 10:39:19 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id KAA29119 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 22 Oct 1995 10:39:19 -0700 Received: from etinc.com (etinc-gw.new-york.net [165.254.13.209]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id KAA29087 ; Sun, 22 Oct 1995 10:39:12 -0700 Received: from et.htp.com (et.htp.com [199.171.4.228]) by etinc.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) with SMTP id NAA07481; Sun, 22 Oct 1995 13:56:02 -0400 Date: Sun, 22 Oct 1995 13:56:02 -0400 Message-Id: <199510221756.NAA07481@etinc.com> X-Sender: dennis@etinc.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 2.0.3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" From: dennis@etinc.com (dennis) Subject: Re: Bragging rights.. Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >dennis wrote: >> I really can't believe you guys are bragging about the widespread >> utilization of souped-up async. You still don't get the fact that you're losing several >> hundred dollars worth of machine (which brings the cost in-line with sync) to save a few >> hundred on cards for a less-efficient solution. > >I think your view in these matters may be a little too narrow (which is probably fine, >given the market you have your eye on - one man's narrow vision is another man's intense >product focus :-). > >What we're talking about is *incremental* cost, which is very important to the low-budget >folks. We're not talking about what we'd build if we had all the money up front to >implement whatever solution would be most optimum - we're talking about how to get one's >feet wet without going all the way in up to the neck on the first step. > I'm talking about incremental profit, a capitalist concept. Have something better in your bag of goddies that costs a few dollars more an month and people will buy it every time. Dennis ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Emerging Technologies, Inc. http://www.etinc.com Synchronous Communications Cards and Routers For Discriminating Tastes. 56k to T1 and beyond. Frame Relay, PPP, HDLC, and X.25