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- Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers
- Path: sparky!uunet!world!dp
- From: dp@world.std.com (Jeff DelPapa)
- Subject: Re: Superstitions: power cycling, screen savers, surge suppressors
- Message-ID: <By7H8B.CqD@world.std.com>
- Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
- References: <By3EGq.Ko6@world.std.com> <DNiPuB2w165w@mertwig.UUCP> <1992Nov23.220240.26262@doug.cae.wisc.edu>
- Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 05:43:23 GMT
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- >has a lot to do with it, though -- consumer goods are HIGHLY parts-cost
- >minimized, whereas a lot of the lab equipment we do here is mostly custom
- >work, so most of the cost is tied up in engineering time, and adding $5 to
- >the actual cost of materials for the box doesn't add much to the total
- >cost.
-
- The costing algorithms for consumer electronics quoted me by someone who
- designed such things, back when such things were still designed in
- this country.
-
- 1. The whole retail is six times the cost of the parts.
-
- 2. The box gets half the parts budget.
-
- 3. The knobs get half of whats left.
-
- 4. If you can save a nickel per unit, you have paid your salary for
- the year.
-
- 5. Cost reductions of $0.005 are worth serious consideration.
-
- <dp>
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