On Thu, 13 Dec 2001 09:06:45 -0500, Douglas Butler wrote: >> >>I will never complain (to loudly) about the cost of a CPU again lol ;o) >> >Forget about CPUs, what amazes me is that they can make a profit selling >74HC00's at $.20 each. My company couldn't make a profit selling small >rocks at $.20 each! > Sure you could, Doug. All you need to do is to spend about a gazillion dollars to drive your manufacturing cost down to $.02 per rock. :=3D) Selling the rocks to distributors by the millions should net you a handsome profit. Regards, Bob -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads