Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wuarchive!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!rutgers!netnews.upenn.edu!linc.cis.upenn.edu!farber From: farber@linc.cis.upenn.edu (David Farber) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: US consumer electronics industry Message-ID: <14932@netnews.upenn.edu> Date: 1 Oct 89 15:36:05 GMT References: <1989Sep28.082305.10099@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu> <17660023@hpfcdj.HP.COM> Sender: news@netnews.upenn.edu Reply-To: farber@linc.cis.upenn.edu (David Farber) Organization: University of Pennsylvania Lines: 15 Would any one care to comment on what the actual benefits to the nation are in having assemply work done here. What percentage of the profits from the sale of the products stays in the usa as opposed to an equivalant product (which does not exist) designed built and sold by an Americal company in the US. Just asking dave David Farber; Prof. of CIS and EE, U of Penn, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6389 Tele: 215-898-9508(off); 215-274-8292 (home); FAX: 215-274-8192; Cellular: 302-740- 1198 "The fundamental principle of science, the definition almost, is this: the sole test of the validity of any idea is experiment." -- R. P. Feynman