13 Apr
2006
13 Apr
'06
1:32 p.m.
On Wednesday 12 April 2006 06:01 pm, Tony Duell wrote:
[And no, I am not happy about this, and I'll bet
most good engineers
aren't eitehr. But apparently it's better to save $0.01 on each product
than to make a good quality device that you could sell for $10 more.
Of course it is, given how most markets these days seem to be price-driven
rather than quality-driven. And then, the cheaply-made stuff will break
sooner, so you'll sell more of them for that reason, too...
I'm not happy about any of this either. :-(
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