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Re: Death of the Internet, Film at 11
From: "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg () tristatelogic com>
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2016 01:28:11 -0700
In message <4FBAFC2ECF5D6244BA4A26C1C94A1E270D579C1CD9@exchange>, Emille Blanc <emille () abccommunications com> wrote:
I can recall at least a half-dozen scenarios where the customer actually takes up the problem with the manufacturer. In each of those cases, and they're effectively told to push off because the devices are more than 12mo old and outside the warranty period (paraphrasing customer statements and all that), or similar canned response. Hate to namedrop on a public list, but Linksys, D-Link, Buffalo, Netgear... "There's profit to be had." Granted, It's been a while, at least ~18 months since I've had any such feedback, so perhaps things are better in the wake of all the media attention such vendors have seen from time to time.
Not really. The fundamental economics have not changed. It pays to design and ship things. It doesn't pay to support them afterwards. This isn't going to change. It is common to include "goodwill" on the balance sheet, but unless I'm mistaken, for most companies this does not represent a significant fraction of shareholder equity. Regards, rfg
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- Re: Death of the Internet, Film at 11, (continued)
- Re: Death of the Internet, Film at 11 Ronald F. Guilmette (Oct 23)
- Re: Death of the Internet, Film at 11 Stephen Satchell (Oct 23)
- Re: Death of the Internet, Film at 11 David Conrad (Oct 23)
- Re: Death of the Internet, Film at 11 Stephen Satchell (Oct 23)
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- Re: Death of the Internet, Film at 11 Larry Sheldon (Oct 23)
- Re: Death of the Internet, Film at 11 John Weekes (Oct 23)
- Re: Death of the Internet, Film at 11 Richard Holbo (Oct 23)
- Re: Death of the Internet, Film at 11 Jean-Francois Mezei (Oct 23)
- Re: Death of the Internet, Film at 11 Josh Reynolds (Oct 24)
- RE: Death of the Internet, Film at 11 Emille Blanc (Oct 24)
- Re: Death of the Internet, Film at 11 Ronald F. Guilmette (Oct 25)
- Re: Death of the Internet, Film at 11 bzs (Oct 25)
- Re: Death of the Internet, Film at 11 Aaron C. de Bruyn via NANOG (Oct 24)
- Spitballing IoT Security Ronald F. Guilmette (Oct 24)
- Re: Spitballing IoT Security Jared Mauch (Oct 24)
- Re: Spitballing IoT Security Matthias Waehlisch (Oct 24)
- Re: Spitballing IoT Security Jared Mauch (Oct 25)
- Re: Spitballing IoT Security Ronald F. Guilmette (Oct 25)
- Re: Spitballing IoT Security Jean-Francois Mezei (Oct 25)
- Re: Spitballing IoT Security Aled Morris (Oct 25)
- Re: Spitballing IoT Security Bruce Curtis (Oct 25)