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If you reread my post you'll see that I didn't use the word "desinging"
but "producing".

Of course, some companies modify the reference boards enough to call it
a design change (e.g. TV output).

l8er
ronny

Jeff Atwood wrote:
> 
> So why doesn't 3dfx just contract to make the boards themselves and sell
> them direct, as well as distributing them? They'd make a LOT more money.
> Creative and Diamond are hardly DESIGNING boards, they take the 3dfx
> reference design/drivers and produce it, then slap little "DIAMOND" and
> "CREATIVE" logos on both. Hardly a feat of engineering genius.
> 
> Jeff
> 
> Ronald Stoehr wrote in message <34F3E428.1FFF@lts.sel.alcatel.de>...
snip
> >Well, the word middlemen is not the right one for board makers. 3Dfx
> >produces
> >chip sets, they don't do the boards. So you don't want to pay Diamond or
> >Creative for producing the boards? Hmm, where do we plug those chips
> >from
> >3Dfx?? ;^)

l8er
ronny

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