[GTALUG] Raspberry Pi

[William Park]

On 3/7/21 8:27 AM, mwilson--- via talk wrote:
> "Aruna Hewapathirane via talk" <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:
>> Some of the fruit named Pi boards have hardware specs way better as well
>> but price is very affordable.
>> I am wondering why the price is so low compared to the Raspberry Pi ? Or
>> are we simply paying for the Raspberry brand name ?
> I think it's the usual Chinese manufacturing cost advantage.  Those fruit
> and nano pi's are from Shenzhen or Guangzhou.
> Professor Michael Hudson wrote a book, _Killing the Host_.  He lays out
> the fact that with the Finance/Insurance/Real-Estate processing ~40% of
> GDP in US or UK, that functions as overhead cost on US/UK manufacturing.
> You just can't match Chinese prices with that level of management cost.
Add to that, ISO certifications, internal audits, and other political 
correctness policies.
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