XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.os.linux.misc   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Tue, 22 Oct 2024 19:36:08 -0400, CrudeSausage wrote:   
      
   > On 2024-10-22 4:47 p.m., Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   >> On Tue, 22 Oct 2024 08:32:13 -0400, bad sector wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> It's time for HW manufacturing (all development AND actual production)   
   >>> to return to the USA/CXanada and Europe.   
   >>   
   >> It went away in the first place because it could not be done cost-   
   >> effectively in those “first-world” countries -- basic free-market   
   >> capitalism in action.   
   >>   
   >> To bring it back would require Government subsidies, or forcing   
   >> customers to pay more. Which would you prefer?   
   >   
   > Considering the largest market for those products is the West,   
   > particularly the United States, it would be possible to bring back   
   > manufacturing by blocking sales of products that don't have a presence   
   > in North America.   
      
   Easy way around that: set up an empty office like those in East Texas to   
   get jurisdiction under the patent-friendly courts there. There’s your   
   “presence”. Business continues from overseas as usual.   
      
   What’s your next move?   
      
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