Sunday, 13 February 2000
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In a recent linux-kernel discussion about embedded computers on disk drives, capable of running Linux, Larry McVoy advises on the economics of technology and, in the process, makes a strange offer:
>Yup. 100mhz Pentium and motherboard is literally
>$50, including case and NIC and RAM.
That's extremely misleading for this topic. You are confusing the "limited to stock on hand, customer limited to 1" throw-away-at-a-loss price with production prices. I'll personally kiss your ass in public in front of rolling cameras if you can show me a supplier, today, right now, who will deliver 10,000 units of 100Mhz pentium, 16MB, motherboard, case, 100baseT, guarentee a DOA rate of less than 2%, and guarentee a run rate of an additional 10,000 a quarter.
This is Uncle Larry, OS Super Genius <http://monkeyfist.com/articles/223>