Re: I'm curious
Well, there are two costs associated with it; the manufacturing cost and the R&D cost. I don't think it's unreasonable to expect those doing the R&D to be able to recoup those costs, and also to make some money from it, to compensate them for their work. Designers have to eat too. On the flip side, it's also reasonable to suggest that they shouldn't be set for life from the licensing fees from one chip design, either, so a healthy balance has to be somewhere in the middle.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
