Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!texbell!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Upgrades via zero-ohm resistor changes Message-ID: <3R53UA1xds13@ficc.uu.net> Date: 1 May 90 23:54:25 GMT References: <3475@trantor.harris-atd.com> <5768@scolex.sco.COM> <67O.029Ta1cv01@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com> <318@necssd.NEC.COM> <25135@metropolis.super.ORG> Reply-To: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Followup-To: comp.misc Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 21 > One company I worked for- a well known instrument and computer maker- > shipped two versions of an instrument. And an upgrade option. The upgrade > was a plate with lots more holes in it, which revealed all the switches > that had been hidden, and a set of key-caps. A very expensive set of > key-caps... Ever looked inside a digital watch? Or any other consumer product that comes in multiple models? The practice of just changing the number of buttons for the "high end" version is quite common. To get away with this you need a very inflexible demand curve, either because you have a monopoly situation or because the price is low enough that people just don't care. You certainly couldn't get away with having an upgrade like this in a car %. -- _--_|\ `-_-' Peter da Silva. +1 713 274 5180. / \ 'U` Have you hugged your wolf today? \_.--._/ Disclaimer: commercial solicitation by email to this address v is acceptable. % Now just watch someone prove me wrong! --