[sdiy] Those darned Casio chips rant

[Harry Bissell Jr]

then... some companies are secretive to hide their
own dirty dealings, patent infringement etc being the
least of these.  Maybe ENRON or TYCO for example.

TYCO is at the top of my shit list, not for corporate
greed, but for screwing up the product line of every
one of their acquisitions.

AMP changed a connector (to China, who cares) without
changing the part number, or notifying customers of
the
change.  The Chinese part featured a solid bottom
where
the former part had threaded through holes.  Save them
a bundle and screw the customer (me :^).

Companies, like people... have personalities. Some of
them are taught as children that all other human
beings are competitors and enemies, basically corrupt
and untrustworthy. Others see fellow human beings as
brothers and partners, and basically trustworthy
(except for the occasional 'rotten apple')

I feel sorry for the companies (and people) who need
to
protect themsleves at all costs. They have few friends
in this life and no friends (but lots of company..) in
the hereafter.

My nominee for 'company of the year' is Korg... who 
shared the Keio-35 IC schematic and test documents
with
Martin Czech (for our enlightenment).  There was a
single line of text in the letter promising that
should someone use this information for commercial
gain, Korg would reserve the right to prosecute. 
afaik, no one has attempted to do this. My hats off to
this most reputable and respected company. 

H^) harry




--- Rude 66 <r.lekx at chello.nl> wrote:

> > Caveat Emptor.
> >
> > If you so disagree with what I am saying here, if
> you truly believe in
> this,
> > then put your money where your mouth is and create
> this company.  Then you
> > will find out exactly why it won't work, why it's
> never been done and why
> it
> > won't be done in the future.
> 
> what nonsense. there are plenty of companies out
> there who do care about
> their customers, and do all the things you say they
> don't have to. why?
> because they realise it's not only about profits,
> but also about their image
> and if they care for their customers, they'll come
> back. there have been a
> few synth companies named here that do that, and
> electronics companies too.
> and thery're even big companies: i just heard an
> example where Cisco, one of
> the biggest networks companies, require of their
> employees to do 2 days a
> year of 'public service'. this means that they're
> not only laying a free
> network in a place a friend of mine works (a farm in
> amsterdam) but also
> supply them with free computers.
> 
> all i can say is i hope you'll never be my boss..;-)
> 
> r./
> 
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