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Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2003 20:57:35 est5edt
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From:  "Neil Waldhauer" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
To:  os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com
Subject: OS/2 Wireless Users List: Devi ce driver development

Well, I think the price is neither unfair, nor unaffordable for the right
customer. It does show why we as users cannot get software for our favorite
platform, but I'm getting that you can't imagine a world where we get drivers
like this just because they only cost $40-60K.

Look at the Artem-based cards from Mensys. You get a good 802.11b card for
about $150, which Windows users could get a similar quality card for $50. The
extra $100 is amortization for the $40-60K driver cost. Work it out -- that is
400 to 600 cards.

Neil

on Tue, 4 Mar 2003 20:00:06 est5edt, "BBF Tech. Support"
<techsupport@bbfprinting.com> wrote:

> Or to put in american terms HSBM!    Holly sxxx Bat Man
> 
> On Tue, 4 Mar 2003 18:39:27 est5edt, century@cloud9.net wrote:
> 
> >In <3E649BE0.7050800@optonline.net>, on 03/04/03 
> >   at 07:32 AM, Alan Beagley <abeagley@optonline.net> said:
> >
> >>If I were to make a wild guess, I'd say an OS/2 device driver could be
> >>developed and tested from scratch in 2 months.  Our rates run $125/hour.
> >>If we add a 50% contingency for the unknowns (making this a 2 to 3 month
> >>project), the project costs would run in the range of $40k to $60k with a
> >>timeframe of 8 to 12 weeks.
> >
> >    Yikes! So much for THAT idea.

Neil Waldhauer  neil@blondeguy.com  www.blondeguy.com
Expert consulting for OS/2 and eComStation
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