their manufacture out to low cost high quality subs. Its hardware is
clearly as good as anyone else's. Apple is not really a good proof text
> Apple's core competency is its Operating System, not its hardware. The
> I-Phone did not stray. In Elecraft we are fortunate to deal with a company
> with principles that understand their niche very well. It is a rare mind
> set that allows them to accept suggestions that improve their product
> while receiving even more suggestions that would lead them astray. My
> observation is that Wayne and Eric are excellent at separating the two and
> providing the right products without discouraging the brainstorming.
>
> Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
> K5EWJ & Trustee N5BPS, USS Cavalla, USS Stewart
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: David Gilbert <
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> To:
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> Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2012 11:24 AM
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Key Down Amps
>
>
> The chips in cellphones that provide the major functions aren't made by
> the cellphone manufacturers, and in fact some rather small outfits
> around the world are able to make cellphones because of that. It's kind
> of foolish to compare the tremendous resources (design, marketing,
> global subcontractor base, economies of scale, global market channels,
> etc) that Apple already had at their disposal and the HUGE available
> market for cellphones with the situation Elecraft is in.
>
> There have been far more companies who self-destructed because they
> didn't understand their core competencies and strayed too far outside it
> than those who successfully branched out into multiple other markets.
>
> Dave AB7E
>
>
>
> On 2/25/2012 8:06 AM, Rick Prather wrote:
> > Sounds like advice you could have given Steve Jobs just before Apple
> came out with the iPhone.
> >
> > :-)
> >
> > Rick
> > K6LE
> >
> > On 2/25/2012, at 12:13 , Oliver Dröse<
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> >
> >> I am sure Dave meant the monitor/display itself, Eric. ;-))
> >>
> >> @all:
> >> And it would *not* make sense for Elecraft to get into those markets,
> too.
> >> Already saturated, low margins, etc. A small company like Elecraft
> should
> >> always stick to what they do best (aka core business) ... in this case
> it's
> >> wonderful amateur radio equipment. ;-))
> >>
> >> Vy 73, Olli - DH8BQA
> >>
http://www.dh8bqa.de/> >>
> >>
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