--- "Arun K. Khan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Check out the following link > http://linuxdevices.com/articles/AT9676199755.html > IMO, $200 for a Plug-N-Play device is not bad. Rather interesting set of articles. As for the monetary angle: 1. They are selling the box without any hard disk for $160 Assuming they throw in a decent sized hard disk it will probably be more close to $300+ for a 200GB disk space ? That is approx Rs 13000 - I would be very surprised if that would be anywhere close to the cost incured by the manufacturer. 2. They have just come out in the US market I would be surprised if they open shop in India anytime soon. > Besides, the raw cost of the hardware, you have to figure out the R&D > cost, Tech support cost, SLA cost, Product liability insurance (in > case > someone decides to sue your Co.), Marketing/Sales cost etc. These > costs are non trivial. Yes those costs are there but then arent we talking about a full fledged business in place ? I would prefer we try getting it running at the enthusiasts level and then think how to make money. If nothing else we can have people using ultra cheap NAS solutions without any corporate liability in the picture. You buy the hardware and manage your own NAS The only thing that is stopping me from going ahead is trying to figure out a plan where the R&D is makes business sense to some one. Without a proto type it will be all talk and nothing concrete. If a reliable prototype can be demonstrated making the finished product is a lot easier. There "are" quite a few reliable ways of earning money in the opensource world. RedHat and MySQL seem to be doing ok AFAIK and they do provide SLA and Tech support. Mithun __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7637&alloc_id=16865&op=click _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
