If the law is stupid, then the people who resisted it are not backwards.
If the law is stupid, then it is still open to debate and should be
overturned.
If the law is stupid, then the people who promoted it resemble retards.
If the law is stupid, then the thousands of companies that have "no
problem" must be keeping their mouths shut.
Whether the law is stupid or not should be based on cost versus
benefit analysis.
History is likely to show that ROHS fails to produce more benefits
than costs.
AGSC
> On Apr 6, 2008, at 12:40 AM, Stefan Trethan wrote:
>
> Yes, but that's not up for debate any more.
>
> (And it is a problem, just not in the US or EU, it's a problem in
> China and India and probably Africa next, but we don't care about that
> lot, right?)
>
> ST
>
> On 4/6/08, Russell Shaw <rjshaw@...> wrote:
> > Stefan Trethan wrote:
> > > And the right materials. (not pure tin)
> > >
> > > And i resent the "retards" comment. The law may be stupid, but the
> > > ones a bit backward are those who didn't do their homework and
> courted
> > > trouble.
> > > Funny how thousands of companies have no problems.
> >
> >
> > The ROHS lot didn't do their homework in determining that lead
> leaching
> > from solder was actually a problem.
> >
> >
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