[time-nuts] Updated Shera controller

[Stanley Reynolds]

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From: Hal Murray <hmurray at megapathdsl.net>
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement <time-nuts at febo.com>
Sent: Thu, July 29, 2010 12:48:55 AM
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Updated Shera controller


stanley_reynolds at yahoo.com said:
> Full circle back to the software, the number of units sold, the cost per
> hour and time to complete project would determine the software cost. Would
> not  surprise me if the software would be the biggest expense till you break
> the 1000  unit mark unless the cost per hour was very low. As a hardware guy
> at heart it  is hard for me to assign a cost/value to software ;-) 

That line of thinking is probably appropriate for a commercial project.

For a hobby/volunteer project, software can be free.  Consider Lady Heather 
as an example.

In this context, there are two types of software.  There is the software you 
run on the board you build.  There is also the software you use to develop 
the software you run.

I'm assuming a volunteer would write the software just like volunteers have 
designed boards.



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Some with well stocked junk boxes could argue the hardware was below market cost 
as well. But my point was the software was much more of a factor than the 
hardware if we assign value to each part. Yes Lady Heather is free to many but 
not all, the author and others would be rich if paid a fair price for their 
work. Thank you time-nuts for your time.

Stanley