[NTLUG:Discuss] What happened to Linksys?? BEFSR81v3 is junk -- Brand name means junk

[Bryan J. Smith]

clayramsey1 wrote:  
> I'm good so far, but it's only been 2 weeks.  Odd thing is,
> I got the LS hardware because of the REALLY low regard I
> have for NetGear stuff.

Brandname means junk these days.  Heck, it's hard to even trust a model.

Vendors change manufacturers almost every model, and sometimes even
mid-model.  You've got Bromax and only about 2 other Tawainese vendors
who are competing for the same space of dozens upon hundreds of OEMs in
the US, Japan, etc...

It used to be that you could trust a brandname to at least have a good
service policy. But on a $50 product, with a razor thin profit that has
them cutting corners on the quality of even the plastic mold, that's
rare anymore.

I mean, consumers care about cost, not the long-term survivability of a
product.  In fact, most consumers assume you have to upgrade every 2
years anyway.

Which is why the superstore model works so well.
Because consumers are willing to accept it over quality.

Unfortunately for Linux, it is very anti-superstore model, resulting in
vendors not releasing drivers.


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 mitigating risk and focusing on technologies ...
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