Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on October 17, 2005 10:31 PM
Ummm... mosty because hardware costs money and resources to build, versus software that has virtually 0 production costs. Both have high development cost, but software has virtually 0 production cost.
If I team up with a few guys we can make a battle-net like server and piss on their (B-Lizard's) subscription...
But I can't team up and mass-produce pci-e cards that can do... some shit...
Only "big" players can enter the competition for hardware add-ons but any guy out there can make something out of virtually free software (linux+gcc, for example)...
Greedy corporations don't like cheap competition so they hide behind regulations and laws. And we all now that those with money make the laws in our wonderful FUBAR world...
(btw, you DO have to pay for rights to use certain technoilogy in hardware too)
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Re:Corporations think they're entitled to profits
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on October 17, 2005 10:31 PMIf I team up with a few guys we can make a battle-net like server and piss on their (B-Lizard's) subscription...
But I can't team up and mass-produce pci-e cards that can do... some shit...
Only "big" players can enter the competition for hardware add-ons but any guy out there can make something out of virtually free software (linux+gcc, for example)...
Greedy corporations don't like cheap competition so they hide behind regulations and laws. And we all now that those with money make the laws in our wonderful FUBAR world...
(btw, you DO have to pay for rights to use certain technoilogy in hardware too)
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