On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 03:51:43PM +0000, Andrew Suffield wrote: > On Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 08:57:20PM -0600, Kenneth Pronovici wrote: > > And no, I can't confirm or refute the numbers, which is why *I* didn't > > comment on whether they were realistic. You might want to try that > > sometime. > > I cannot figure out what mail you were reading. The attributions were intact in my reply. I guess I can help you out, though. Let's see: Message-ID: <[🔎] 41BDEBD2.4080409@perens.com> Bruce said, "My surmise is that we'd need an effort like that, raising $250K..." Message-ID: <[🔎] 20041213195002.GA28477@suffields.me.uk> You said, "There is absolutely no reason why any money is needed for this. Design the damn thing..." Message-ID: <[🔎] 20041213214337.GC25682@cloud.net.au> Hamish said, "Manufacturing an ASIC involves NRE...of hundreds of thousands to millions per revision..." Message-ID: <[🔎] 20041214022646.GB3131@suffields.me.uk> You said, "Manufacturing an operating system involves NRE costs of hundreds of thousands to millions per revision... you're quoting Redmond propoganda..." [This implied that Hamish's numbers were not valid.] Message-ID: <[🔎] 20041214025720.GA16027@skyjammer.com> (This is the message you just replied to) I said, "Do you have any actual hardware design experience to draw on here...", in reply to your implication about Hamish's numbers. Clear now? KEN -- Kenneth J. Pronovici <pronovic@debian.org>
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