Re:Reign of the $100 graphing calculator is ending
by mcphage on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @11:17AM
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> Hardware is primitive and some enterprising company can devise a much nicer interface and probably at 1/4th price.
But nobody bothers, because they all know that HP can offer it at 1/4 the price, too—and less. Nobody touches HP's margins, because HP can survive on much smaller margins than any startup ever could. Why start a price war you could only lose?
But nobody bothers, because they all know that HP can offer it at 1/4 the price, too—and less. Nobody touches HP's margins, because HP can survive on much smaller margins than any startup ever could. Why start a price war you could only lose?