Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 23:18:32 +0000 From: Johannes H Andersen <johsnopsamanytime.co.uk> Subject: Re: 9-5 2.3L chip tuning
davehinznopsamcop.net wrote: > > Johannes H Andersen <johsnopsamanytime.co.uk> pressed random keys until the following was produced: > > > davehinznopsamcop.net wrote: > >> > >> EricL <elaw-NO-SPAM-nopsamsinc.com> pressed random keys until the following was produced: > >> > Gee, you don't think $700 is a reasonable price for a $3 EPROM chip and 5 > >> > but c'mon. > >> > >> So, the engineers and software developers that come up with the engine > >> management software should donate their time, because the media that it > >> is installed on is cheap? > > > AFAIK, the eprom chip contain numerical maps or tables. The software > > is already in the ECU. > > The lookup table is obviously an integral part of the system; it's still > software, it's just not executable code. > > The fact remains, that significant R&D money went into designing which > bits on that chip are set, and to steal the maps by just duping an eprom > is less than ethical. Any attempt to pretend it's different by saying > it's just a lookup table, not executable code, is skirting the issue. Don't worry, I find my 150 bhp 2.0 lpt plenty powerful, so I don't want to tinker. Besides, no one suggested stealing maps or proprietary code or data. Clearly the company selling the chip for $700 must make a lot of money in spite of THEIR development costs. Johannes
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