28 Nov
2004
28 Nov
'04
6:53 a.m.
On Sat, 2004-11-27 at 21:43, Lee Revell wrote:
On Sat, 2004-11-27 at 01:51 +0100, Marek Peteraj
wrote:
Maybe not to them but look at Mackie and Behringer. Mackie designs
hardware and manufactures it in the USA. Behringer reverse engineers
Mackie's (among others) design, replaces some parts with cheaper ones,
and manufactures in China.
Mackie has lost a lot of money as a result and has had to move some
production abroad.
I don't believe it's the only cause. It's like saying that the recording
industry is losing money just becasue people are pirating stuff. Nobody
there cares about the quality. Besides, Mackie doesn't target low-end
market that much anyway.
Marek
They
create software to support it and make it work. Then all the
technical information goes into the public domain and some low cost
manufacturer from Taiwan or Russia or somewhere else knocks off a copy
and sells it for 1/2 the price. No one buys RME hardware, RME doesn't
make money and goes out of business.
Did this happen?