[FRIAM] Business longevity (was Re: Practical Parallelism)

[Raymond Parks]

Marcus G. Daniels wrote:
> Or something like this that takes Socket F Opterons...
> 
> http://www.microway.com/navion8.html

   Wow, the NumberSmasher people are still around!  I thought the name 
sounded familiar and I checked out the corporate history.  I remember 
working on a NumberSmasher and later on their transputer co-processor board.

   Long ago, Microway and Hauppage were rivals in the numeric 
co-processor world.  They have both survived over twenty years in a very 
volatile industry and seem to be doing just fine.  Has anyone done any 
analysis of how these smaller businesses survive the jungle?

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