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

[luke.leighton]

On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 10:20 AM, luke.leighton <luke.leighton at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.


 ... i don't mind that.   what i do mind is funding other people and
not profiting from having done work, because if i don't make money,
how the fuck can i continue to move things forward?

l.