On Wed, 3 Nov 2004, Andrew Warren wrote:

> Wouter van Ooijen <piclist@mit.edu> wrote:
>
>>>  When I say that $1500 should be affordable if someone's serious
>>>  enough to be successful making USB devices,
>>
>> Nonsense. I sell a programmer, serial interface. I'd like to make
>> an USB version, but I can't rely on it to be a big hit.
>
>    Ah, sorry... "Serious enough to be successful" was unclear
>    shorthand for "serious enough, with a product that'll be popular
>    enough, to be successful".
>
>    I was simply saying that it's no different from any other
>    business decision:  If you don't think you'll make more than
>    $1500 selling USB devices, then don't sell them.

You probably mean 'make more than $6000 at least', per year, likely in the 
first year or two. You do not expect them to sell stuff just to break even 
?

Peter
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