Someone said Colorado, do you have any idea how bad it will be when the megavolcano in their back yard blows up? Nobdoy west of the Mississippi river is likely to survive.
It isn't stopping the existing interest in electronics over there. That, and despite being the state that exterminated unions, has sane labor laws in it.
That still doesn't make it more appealing to set up factories in the US. A corporation could just close down (its owners running away with the riches), or move to another country with less restrictions.
Given how the US is quite the superpower, it wouldn't take much to thwart both. The US government just has to be willing to do it.
That, and there's economic demand to back such a measure should it be on the table.
There's a flaw with that argument - it's easier for them to collect on the insurance and charge absurd sums to rebuild and retool than to do the job properly the first time.
If they're allocating a set amount of drives to go to resellers, they can most certainly allocate to smaller granularities. It's not as if other products, such as whole computers, have problems with manufacturers directly selling to people as well as to resellers.
Package them as quantities padded on to shipments of larger orders, and save on shipping as well.
I'm not asking for brick-mortar. I'm only cutting out the middlemen that have largely made things worse. But don't let that get in the way of your politically charged statements.
Economics and government coordination to disaster, not race are what make countries like Australia and the US, along with regions like the UK better at disaster response. That, and it helps to have some actual regulations to mitigate damage from said disasters, something unheard of in places like Thailand.
What I am suggesting is that dictatorial regimes such as Thailand, China, and Vietnam, as well as corrupted regimes such as India, Russia, Brazil, and Mexico would rather cut corners and freedoms so that they do not offend business.
Besides, arent hard disk prices saner in Australia?
There are other countries in the world other than Japan.
To avoid hurricane and tornado disasters in the US, one could manufacture in states like Colorado, Michigan, Ohio, or Pennsylvania if not for business hostility to worker respect.
In the UK, that can be done in flood-resistant parts of that country.
1) big systems integrators like Lenovo, Dell, HP, etc., who order 100K drives at a time or more 2) Smaller customers (e.g. resellers) like Newegg, who order maybe 1k drives at a time. If someone wants just 5 drives they have to buy from a distributor or retailer like Newegg.
The more reason to legislatively block such a restriction, and allow direct sales to cut the middleman/resellers out.
Except for the fact that they aren't. You just want a pliant workforce that's not much more than slaves or sharecroppers. Have the US/EU market served by its own people, have the Third World served by its own people, and things like this don't happen.
Also, First World countries like the US respond faster and clean things up in a better manner. Never mind that such factories would be well-protected from such disasters before they happen.
The incidental effect of criminals being able to listen in is outweighed by the need to check the overreach of law enforcement.
Nothing but real-time broadcasts in the clear of all broadcasts is acceptable for accountability to the constituents. A delay would not prevent law enforcement from committing an unlawful action, it would only provide time to cover things up.
Since they are in the public interest, the only path that preserves accountability and transparency is to leave things in the clear without any delay or interruption.
Not only does it not represent savings, it screws everyone around the world.
Costs in well-protected nations such as the US and regions such as the EU wouldn't be stratospherically high. But don't let facts get in the way if you're going to defend the hellholes of the Third World.
"Steven Elop of Nokia has placed some of the blame for the struggles of Windows Phone on mobile phone shops â" for not pushing it. As The Register points out, sales staff 'want their commission,' and tend to only show phones they think might sell
Those salespersons know something about those phones that "burning platform" Elop does not. WP7 on Nokia does not sell.
Interestingly, if the Nokia N9 had been available in all markets, it might have sold almost 5M units and pushed Nokia into profitability."
Truer words not said.
Only Schettino of the Costa Concordia could have done worse.
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If they can allocate for resellers, they already have that huge warehouse.
Your argument isn't even reasoned or thought out. All you're doing is trying to put a political spin on the subject.
Someone said Colorado, do you have any idea how bad it will be when the megavolcano in their back yard blows up? Nobdoy west of the Mississippi river is likely to survive.
It isn't stopping the existing interest in electronics over there. That, and despite being the state that exterminated unions, has sane labor laws in it.
That still doesn't make it more appealing to set up factories in the US. A corporation could just close down (its owners running away with the riches), or move to another country with less restrictions.
Given how the US is quite the superpower, it wouldn't take much to thwart both. The US government just has to be willing to do it.
That, and there's economic demand to back such a measure should it be on the table.
Their prices are already sky-high.
There's a flaw with that argument - it's easier for them to collect on the insurance and charge absurd sums to rebuild and retool than to do the job properly the first time.
Then if you want killer performance, buy a Deskstar.
Of course, they'll self-destruct due to some sort of internal defect and scatter your data across the platters.
Then you get treated like a small reseller, who is then pointed to another middleman.
With sugar, it would be far easier to get to the minimum order quantity.
A pallet box's worth of sugar is cheaper than a pallet box's worth of drives. Depending on packaging, it might even weigh about as much.
If they're allocating a set amount of drives to go to resellers, they can most certainly allocate to smaller granularities. It's not as if other products, such as whole computers, have problems with manufacturers directly selling to people as well as to resellers.
Package them as quantities padded on to shipments of larger orders, and save on shipping as well.
Wider availability of product != your insult.
I'm not asking for brick-mortar. I'm only cutting out the middlemen that have largely made things worse. But don't let that get in the way of your politically charged statements.
Try re-reading what I just said, since I had stated something that would deny them that avenue of jackassery.
Reasonable and non-discriminatory as determined by an un-influenced end-user would block the "go-away price".
Economics and government coordination to disaster, not race are what make countries like Australia and the US, along with regions like the UK better at disaster response. That, and it helps to have some actual regulations to mitigate damage from said disasters, something unheard of in places like Thailand.
What I am suggesting is that dictatorial regimes such as Thailand, China, and Vietnam, as well as corrupted regimes such as India, Russia, Brazil, and Mexico would rather cut corners and freedoms so that they do not offend business.
Besides, arent hard disk prices saner in Australia?
Freedom for thee, but not for me?
It wouldn't jack up the prices much more than 30% at most.
Still not a good enough argument to not require a reasonable and non-discriminatory (as determined by the end user) way to buy directly.
It provides an option to get around jackass resellers and wholesalers.
There are other countries in the world other than Japan.
To avoid hurricane and tornado disasters in the US, one could manufacture in states like Colorado, Michigan, Ohio, or Pennsylvania if not for business hostility to worker respect.
In the UK, that can be done in flood-resistant parts of that country.
1) big systems integrators like Lenovo, Dell, HP, etc., who order 100K drives at a time or more
2) Smaller customers (e.g. resellers) like Newegg, who order maybe 1k drives at a time. If someone wants just 5 drives they have to buy from a distributor or retailer like Newegg.
The more reason to legislatively block such a restriction, and allow direct sales to cut the middleman/resellers out.
Except for the fact that they aren't. You just want a pliant workforce that's not much more than slaves or sharecroppers. Have the US/EU market served by its own people, have the Third World served by its own people, and things like this don't happen.
Also, First World countries like the US respond faster and clean things up in a better manner. Never mind that such factories would be well-protected from such disasters before they happen.
The incidental effect of criminals being able to listen in is outweighed by the need to check the overreach of law enforcement.
Nothing but real-time broadcasts in the clear of all broadcasts is acceptable for accountability to the constituents. A delay would not prevent law enforcement from committing an unlawful action, it would only provide time to cover things up.
Since they are in the public interest, the only path that preserves accountability and transparency is to leave things in the clear without any delay or interruption.
Not only does it not represent savings, it screws everyone around the world.
Costs in well-protected nations such as the US and regions such as the EU wouldn't be stratospherically high. But don't let facts get in the way if you're going to defend the hellholes of the Third World.
They'll just make a nearly-identical, but corner-cut model?
That's about what the folks in Bentonville push to their stores - where you don't know until you call for support.
"Steven Elop of Nokia has placed some of the blame for the struggles of Windows Phone on mobile phone shops â" for not pushing it. As The Register points out, sales staff 'want their commission,' and tend to only show phones they think might sell
Those salespersons know something about those phones that "burning platform" Elop does not. WP7 on Nokia does not sell.
Interestingly, if the Nokia N9 had been available in all markets, it might have sold almost 5M units and pushed Nokia into profitability."
Truer words not said.
Only Schettino of the Costa Concordia could have done worse.
Is that wrong? if so please tell me how
There's nothing wrong with wanting to make a profit. There's everything wrong about withholding product and lying about it.
As well as being the only way to get smartphone agnostic data if you kept the right plan combination.
This just sounds like a cashout opportunity with the IPO folks holding the bag.
Not only do you get to keep a good plan, you get to keep it. For ages.