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From: jaenicke@emserver.ee.TU-Berlin.DE (Lutz Jaenicke)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.windows.x.i386unix,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: PCI bus cards (graphics and SCSI) which work?
Date: 2 Apr 1994 16:19:06 GMT
Organization: TU-Berlin, Institut fuer Elektrische Maschinen
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References: <1994Mar31.010859.1419@selway.umt.edu> <michaelv.765095065@ponderous.cc.iastate.edu> <2nicaa$rnh@u.cc.utah.edu>
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In article <2nicaa$rnh@u.cc.utah.edu> terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert) writes:
>All hardware companies in business believe their hardware is either better
				    ^^^^^^^                          ^^^^^^
>or cheaper (or both) than anything by any of the competitors.  They will
>rationalize higher price based on better.

It is absolutely not necessary to "believe" in the products you sell, the
only important thing is to make the _customers_ believe that.
Big :-)

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

>The reason they think that is because they would have no reason to stay
>in business otherwise as anything other than a low cost commodity board
>manufacturer.
The only reason to stay in business is earning money, regardless how.

	Lutz
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