[Arm-netbook] vivaldi-engineering ML? (Was: Need help finding components in China)

[luke.leighton]

On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 10:16 AM, Ajith Kumar <bpajith at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> before we get to production.
>>
>> >>>> Otherwise someone else could just produce it
>> >>>
>> >>> Isn't that the whole idea?
>> >>
>> >>  not when the engineering cost has been $20k
>> >
>> > clarification: up-front, CASH, $20k engineering cost.
>>
>>  that's cash - up-front - and then someone else comes along, produces
>> it, and THEY get all the profit?
>>
>>  i don't think so.
>>
>>  if you know of a solution, i want to hear it, because i want GPL
>
>
> Even keeping designs fully open after recovering costs and making profits
> will help others, but that also is not very common.
> Probably it is required for the companies to stay floating, public funded
> Universities and R&D organizations should come forward.

 that's a very good point.