Before delving into what makes this new W engine worth the engineering effort it required, here is a brief survey of the most common engine configurations produced today.
Geoff Travis proved his worth by engineering a run of hits, beginning with 'This Charming Man' (1983).
"What an interesting way to get a million dollars worth of engineering free," said Stephen Sloan, a developer, after the presentation.
To get Nokia to switch, Google and Microsoft are offering hundreds of millions of dollars worth of engineering assistance and marketing support, according to a person who has done consulting for the company and was told of the talks.
Despite all that, Apple clearly felt his 25 years worth of engineering experience was worth it.
Grove put in $2 million and Intel contributed around $1 million worth of engineering to create and test the prototype, known as the At Home Box.
Karan Mehandru, now a Principal with Trinity Ventures, brings nearly a decade's worth of engineering and operational experience to venture, focusing his investments on the enterprise IT space broadly.
What we ended up with sure looks like a best-seller: even allowing for huge mark-ups and large, unanticipated costs, we think that my solar arrays can undercut the power grid with another year's worth of engineering, and a year after that the company will turn a profit of a half million dollars.
Snap also will have to convince developers that making it easier for its 191 million daily users to join their apps is worth the engineering resources, given how that community is dwarfed by the multi-billion user Google and Facebook login systems.
