> 1) you have no idea what it costs them to make one And you do, right?
> 2) pure production cost isn't the entire picture Why not? They're using their own chip design. I doubt they pay MIPS.inc for a license but maybe they do. So what? A license costs 200 dollars per unit? I don't think so. > 3) they are free to ask for any price they want. you are free to not > buy their stuff. So why are you and your butt buddies arguing so hard? I feel the price is too high, but that is only based on reality. If you buy your cred by having new or odd stuff then I understand why you feel like paying whatever they gouge you for. > 4) watch your tongue. miod is actually the one who writes the code you > want to run. miod being the target or someone else, the behaviour > you've shown so far isn't in the range i call acceptable. I have nothing against miod, I have no idea who/what that is. How do you know what I want to run? I'm just looking for cheap MIPS boxes. And I don't give a shit what you call acceptable. Fuck yourself and have a good time. > > Since you have advice for me, let me share some for you. Mind your own > > fucking business. I really don't give a shit that you don't think a > > restricted distribution network and price controls are fine. Most of the > > rest of us don't agree. > > oh, you're speaking for "most of us". how could I miss that! No, asshole, what you missed is most people who buy things don't appreciate restricted distribution networks and price controls. If you do good for you. Amazing how you're against Windows marketing for the same tactics I'm against Lemote's marketing but somehow for me it's wrong but for you it's ok. Monopoly is monopoly and price fixing is price fixing whether you you have buddies on the inside or not. > asking the people whom's work you rely on to go away is the behaviour > of a true genius. You're making a lot of assumptions and so far none of them are correct. I don't rely on anyone's work. I asked a simple question and certain motherfuckers like yourself feel the need to add noise to the thread instead of letting it die. Somebody could have said as far as I know the price hasn't come down at all since 2008 and there is no reduction in sight. Instead you motherfuckers are lecturing me on why I should pay 200 or 250 bucks for 5 dollars worth of slave-labor hardware as if you're all shareholders. That's funny. Then you, asshole, accuse me of badmouthing miod whoever/whatever that is, and if he isn't the one making 245 bucks per unit, I have nothing against him/it and nothing I've ever said would lead anyone to believe otherwise. I don't believe in paying top dollar to some shop in Europe just so they can make a few thousand percent markup on a unit when the guys who actually make them get paid enough for a half of bag of rice per month. I don't give a shit what connections you have or why you think I should enrich your buddies but it ain't going to happen. It's not a boutique item or a collectable, it's just a low-end MIPS box. When the mini hits 50 bucks I'll buy a bunch. Until then, "that's TOO FUCKING HIGH!!!" Got it, asshole? I'll say to you what I said to the previous motherfucker who felt it necessary to impress me with his vast lack of knowledge on actually answering the question: go fuck yourself. Bye asshole!
