> Sorry to disalusion you, but there have been a number of studies
that have shown that for most hardware the costs of the associated
software is 5 to 10 times higher than the hardware. The concept that
the hardware is more expensive went out with discrete packages.
With only a minor difference. For any *class* of hardware (class refers to a
prototype, e.g. special chipset or so) you have to write the software once
and can copy it completely lossless. Yet the hardware needs to be produced -
which is definitely more costive than just copying some bits and bytes.
Just my 2 cents,
Oliver
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