[sdiy] History of SDIY?

[paula at synth.net]

> DIY is when you're not paying someone else to do all the work.

To what level? You're not designing your own opamps and transistors, 
you're paying for those

> Obviously paying for some parts of the work is justifiable, e.g. DIY 
> PCB layout, professional fabrication and DIY soldering or building from 
> (PCB, component and front panel) kits.
> 

wait, what?
so professional fabrication counts as DIY?

Remind me how that excludes someone who's starting their own business on 
here?

Paula