OT Linux laptop
Philip Moller
phmo at punkt.se
Wed Dec 29 14:23:51 UTC 2004
>:o This is NOT the right list for this discussion .......
This list is for Fedora and is not for business chatting ...
Philip
Timothy Payne wrote:
>On Tue, 2004-12-28 at 21:45 -0600, Paul wrote:
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>>On Tue, 2004-12-28 at 10:57 -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
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>>>On Tue, 28 Dec 2004, Globe Trotter wrote:
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>>>>Walmart sells their employees, too! For under $5 an hour (when
>>>>averaged over the time they have to spend unpaid and locked in) and
>>>>no benefits. So, they show up in your city's ER and your local taxes
>>>>go up....
>>>>
>>>>
>>> i didn't want to wander into the political arena here, but there is
>>>one extra piece of information i wanted to add. (and, yes, this has
>>>relevance to laptops.)
>>>
>>> a while back, a friend told me that one of the ways wal-mart can
>>>keep prices so low (and also even keep *lowering* them year after
>>>year) is that, when they sign a contract with a supplier, that
>>>contract typically states that what wal-mart will pay the supplier per
>>>unit will *drop* each year. so, you the supplier, will get $1.50 per
>>>unit the first year, but only $1.35 the second year, and $1.25 the
>>>third year. how you choose to cut costs year after year to remain
>>>profitable is *your* problem. if you don't accept such onerous terms,
>>>wal-mart just moves on to another supplier.
>>>
>>>
>>Same thing in the auto industry ... I work for an automotive parts
>>supplier and the big three tend to want 7% or more cost reductions each
>>year. The first couple years are good, but by the end of the program
>>you typically not making any money and hoping for the next new program
>>so that you can start making money again.
>>
>>Being a supplier to any large company where they are your primary source
>>of income leaves you more vulnerable than the large corp.
>>
>>Regards,
>>Paul
>>
>>
>>
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>OK now that we're completely off topic, I couldn't help myself. My 2
>cents: Never let one company control 25% of your business.
>
>After my last business trip to China, out of guilt I guess. I set up a
>page for a song written by my Brother-in-law. There are links at the
>bottom of the page if you want to give some large US companies a hard
>time.
>
>Ask questions, have fun :-) http://www.tmpco.com/immortals.html
>
>Tim...
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