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Re: Sidestep for PLXAgreed, Simon.In business there is almost never a legitimate justification for lateral moves replacing working products. Size and weight directly affect the costs of racking/transportation/warehousing and can justify otherwise "technical" sideways moves if the acquisition costs can be amortized across less that the life of the product. If it takes 10 years to recover the cost of new amps via savings in handling, you need to use those amps 20 years...Ben doesn't say how many units he'd be replacing, but I'd spend that $$ on something that brings in more/new work or lets me increase revenue from existing customers.
Re: Sidestep for PLX
Agreed, Simon.
In business there is almost never a legitimate justification for lateral moves replacing working products. Size and weight directly affect the costs of racking/transportation/warehousing and can justify otherwise "technical" sideways moves if the acquisition costs can be amortized across less that the life of the product. If it takes 10 years to recover the cost of new amps via savings in handling, you need to use those amps 20 years...
Ben doesn't say how many units he'd be replacing, but I'd spend that $$ on something that brings in more/new work or lets me increase revenue from existing customers.
