"Geoffrey S. Mendelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang ---------------------------------------------------------------------- On Mon, Dec 12, 2005 at 05:38:20PM -0800, EricJ wrote:
> Aftermarket consists of third party manufacturers in the accessory market. I > think it originated in the autmobile market. Automobiles were manufactured > by OEMs or Original Equipment Manufacturers. Those who made parts and > accessories for a vehicle who were not the OEM were considered to be in the > "aftermarket"...I suppose meaning the market for goods sold AFTER the > vehicle sale. OEM goods are "aftermarket". OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) is a term coined by IBM in the 1950's. It was used to describe companies that manufactured things using IBM computers inside of them. At the time they were mostly oil refineries. In radio terms, if Drake took a Sure microphone and sold it with their logo on it, Drake would be OEM'ing the microphone. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 You should have boycotted Google while you could, now Google supported BPL is in action. Time is running out on worldwide radio communication. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Submissions: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - unsubscribe drakelist in body Hopelessly Lost: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - help in body of message Zerobeat Web Page: www.zerobeat.net - sponsored by www.tlchost.net ----------------------------------------------------------------------
