In message <000c01cdd486$cdf05bc0$69d11340$@ieee.org>, dated Fri, 7 Dec
2012, Jack Burns <jbu...@ieee.org> writes:
Should the added cost of the safety features be considered a marketing
or legal expense?
Well, either, because generally for those budgets USD50000 is a trifle,
whereas it's half the annual R&D budget.(;-)
Also, I have had marketing try to dictate a less safe product because
they wanted it cheaper, or didn?t want all those distracting labels, or
didn?t want those ugly warnings in their pretty manuals, or worse,
didn?t want to imply that there were any hazards with the product.
I've used that 'Do you have so many customers that you can afford to
kill a few?' response to that. It doesn't make one popular but it gets
the point over.
--
OOO - Own Opinions Only. See www.jmwa.demon.co.uk
The longer it takes to make a point, the more obtuse it proves to be.
John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK
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