Digital BW, The Print

True. But go ahead and design it - and cost it.  Contact a potential  
manufacturer. Too often people just whine about what someone else  
isn't doing without the vaguest idea of what it would cost to bring  
their wants to market in a manner that makes economic sense to the  
producer and marketer (even ex the design cost).  If you really think  
there's an opportunity, why not put some of the below into practice?


On 15 Apr 2009, at 10:49, Ernst Dinkla wrote:

>
>
> Steve Kale schreef:
>
> > The thrill of and competition for
> > profit (be it monetary or the reduction of want in other forms)  
> drives
> > most innovation. If everyone is so dissatisfied with what's on  
> offer,
> > pull out your pencils, design, produce and sell - economically - a
> > better product.
>
> There's another approach somewhere in between. Bring your ideas  
> forward
> on the internet, discuss them, even go to the stage of design and let
> others take the risk of fabricating and marketing the product. If good
> it will be picked up by an entrepreneur soon. It will be patented by  
> him
> and you will not earn a penny when it becomes a success but on the  
> other
> hand it doesn't cost a fortune when it fails. Mankind will benefit in
> more than one way. It requires some altruism, spare time and a not too
> big ego. There's a trail of software and hardware solutions left  
> after some
> threads on forums like this. Open source avant la lettre.
>
> -- 
> Met vriendelijke groeten, Ernst
>
> New: Dinkla Canvas Wrap Actions
>



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