Re: [PATCH] USB: mark USB drivers as being GPL only

From: David Newall
Date: Thu Feb 07 2008 - 08:47:46 EST


Alan Cox wrote:
>> I heard this all before and I don't buy it anymore. At some point the
>> companies in Asia will understand that the whole picture looks different
>> and that not always cheap, cheap, cheap is best for their margins.

Again, I missed who wrote the above. I'm reminded of Apple computer,
who explaining some engineering decisions in the Apple ][ pointed out
that an additional 10c in components adds $10 to the retail price (or
something rather like that.) Cheap, cheap, cheap helps market share
far more than quality.
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