Thread-topic: Virtualization... to the original question.. Running Xen on OSX
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On 10/10/2007 13:56 PM, "Dave Pooser" <email@hidden> wrote:
> So, Technology Economics 101 review: Software has huge up-front costs for
> R&D and much smaller incremental costs. Hardware has much smaller R&D
> up-front costs but very high incremental costs. This is why MS has gross
> margins in the 79% range (software company) while Apple has gross margins in
> the 33% range (hardware/software company) and Dell has gross margins in the
> 18% range (hardware company).
Actually, hardware probably has greater R&D and upfront costs than software.
It's just that the margins are far less volatile than software. Dell has
spit for R&D because they are a repackager of other people's stuff. Apple
has a tad more going on in the hardware area.
--
John C. Welch Writer/Analyst
Bynkii.com Mac and other opinions
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