Re: [PATCH] USB: mark USB drivers as being GPL only

David Newall
2008-02-07T13:47:44Z

Alan Cox wrote:
>> I heard this all before and I don't buy it anymore. At some point the
>> companies in Asia will understand that the whole picture looks different
>> and that not always cheap, cheap, cheap is best for their margins.

Again, I missed who wrote the above. I'm reminded of Apple computer,
who explaining some engineering decisions in the Apple ][ pointed out
that an additional 10c in components adds $10 to the retail price (or
something rather like that.) Cheap, cheap, cheap helps market share
far more than quality.