Vic, I have a feeling your statements, in this case, are intended to be a large rock thrown into a very still pond so you can see what kind of waves it creates. :-)
Even so I'll take the bait and add to the fray. I concur with Tania. I think your statement about obsolecents are bentrovato in the commercial market place. But, they are true if you're speaking of the consumer market. Where planned obsolecents of TV's, cars, audio systems, pc's, modems...etc is 3 years or less. Commercial equipment for telecom, data communications, medical, mainframe computers, construction, transportation, TV and radio stations...etc are simply not replaced very often. They generally have a planned life of at least 10 years. Some are not replaced for 15 or 20 years. The expense is much too high to justify replacement sooner. Corporate officers have to produce profits or answer to the stock holders. Unless there is some way to demonstrate a dramatic increase in profits or lowering costs the replacement of large ticket items just doesn't happen that often. This is a corporate given. Amities, Duane ______________________________________ On Sat, 1 Mar 1997 [email protected] wrote: > My dear Signore, > > There is a lot of equipment out there that is expected to last 10, 15, > or more years. Thus, it becomes a catastrophe to have to redesign > something that is not yet past its adolescence. Any equipment that > "peddles" for 100K is not designed to become obsolete after 3 years. > So this issue is one of concern to us. > > Tania Grant, Octel Communications Corporation > [email protected] > > ______________________________ Reply Separator > _________________________________ > Subject: Re: Proposed changes to UL 1950 3rd Edition > Author: [email protected] at P_Internet_Mail > Date: 3/1/97 4:36 PM > > > Poor idea. We no longer design ICT equipment for anyone geographic location > on > the > globe. The equipment has to be "GLOBALLY" IEC-950 compliant. Most of the > equipment you mention does not have a product life that exceeds three years. > By > that time, newer technology equipment takes over. Hence, there should not be > any problem having compliant equipment > available and in place by the time UL1950/CSA950 kick in and you should be > able > to peddle > such equipment world-wide. > > Ciao, > > > Vic Boersma > >
