{butt} Plugiator

[Jay Vaughan]

> The thing about hardware costs that gets my goat is the fact that the
> dealer is the one that 'sits on his arse' and he is the one that makes
> the most cash per unit ... And inflates the street cost massively.
>

Hey, he's the one with a warehouse full of stuff which, if things  
change, suddenly won't be worth squat any more.  He's the one taking  
the most risk, having stuff in stock that maybe won't sell that well.

I don't like it.  I think the tier-system of gear distribution is way,  
way overloaded with people who think they are entitled to massive  
profits on the basis of their elitism.

> Its stifles product development!


It does indeed, and I can say that with very definite confidence  
having witnessed it and suffered under its restraints for the last 6  
years of my life..

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Jay Vaughan