On 4/12/08, Raphaël Jacquot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Timothy Normand Miller wrote: > > > > time between when we place our order for 100 boards and when we get > > > (...) > > > leaves us with a $60000 bill to pay before we have any revenue, and > > > > that makes one card = 600 USD ?
Sortof. The parts cost is not the only thing we'll end up paying per board to get it to the customer. And we're also accounting for a certain failure rate. The specific details are not something we feel we should discuss openly. > > > - The retail price is $1500, but the first 100 pre-orders will get a > > $100 discount. For deeper discounts, you can put in a request with > > the OHF. There are two discount levels, $1000 and $700 (depending on > > your level of involvement in the OGP), but we are placing strict > > limits on them. (If we can get all 100 pre-orders, the deepest > > discount will probably go down to $600.) > > > > so that's a... > > 900 USD profit margin... I wish! > or is there something I'm missing there ? Tons. You've just demonstrated why we don't publicly discuss this. :) -- Timothy Normand Miller http://www.cse.ohio-state.edu/~millerti Open Graphics Project _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
