Hi The gotcha is - if you have a very unique part in a device and it goes away, how many years of stock do you buy on the “last chance” order?
In the case of the 5071, I’d bet a pretty good brand of six pack that nobody on the planet would have guessed 20 years ago that it still would be in production today. Bob > On Dec 24, 2018, at 1:59 AM, Hal Murray <[email protected]> wrote: > > > [email protected] said: >> and the "market lifetime" of parts today is much shorter. There are lots of >> parts from Hittite that were essentially "run on this line only", and when >> they moved geometries, they're never to be seen again. > > Most vendors make a lot of noise before they pull the plug on a part. The > usual deal is that they fill all orders placed by a specified date - lifetime > buy. Distributors typically send a note to anybody who has purchased them, > or > maybe only purchased significant quantities. > > If a part isn't expensive, you can afford to buy extras beyond what you > expect > to need to cover some what-ifs. That probably doesn't cover something like > the 5071 being in production for 30 years. But it could give you a few years > warning - maybe enough time to find a substitute and/or redesign that section. > > > > -- > These are my opinions. I hate spam. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there.
