Re: Open Source

["John J. Bengii" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ever think it is the other way around. I know nothing of this market
but many get stuck in the idea the hardware is the money item.

Look at printers. They will give you the printer so they can sell you
expensive ink cartridges over and over.



"Karl Denninger" <karl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Of course they do not; the device manufacturers have an interest in
> selling devices!  Their interests align with mine - that is, to have
> protocol definitions and support available.
>
> This is simple economics - the more different pieces of software and
> hardware that can "speak" to their devices, the more devices they
> will sell.  Without other products ability to speak to their devices
> they are worth far less.
>
> --
> Karl Denninger (karl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)
> http://www.denninger.net