----- Original Message -----
From: "Allison" <ajp166 at bellatlantic.net>
To: <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 2:35 PM
Subject: Re: PC floppy cable twists...
You missed the most basic reason. One part, one bin, one stocking number
and less standing stock. Logistics of warehousing costs and space not
electrical design.
Everyone seems to forget or even miss that not too long after the PC was
introduced and clones appeared the costs of producing, stocking and
servicing
them were under great pressure. Anything that cost,
even pennies, could
put
a vendor at risk. Why did some vendors disappear?
Allison
The original clone makers still had a huge profit margin so a few pennies
would not have mattered until the huge 1989-91 shakeout where pretty much
everybody started competing on nothing else but price (and purchasing power
benefits). I remember advertisements (early 90's ?) where DELL was comparing
its server to Compaq and it was thousands less for the same spec machine.