Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]speaking of the Wall Street Journal, today they have an interesting article on page D1 "Guaranteed to Last A Whole 90 Days." the article observes that the newer the device, the cheaper, and the shorter the service life, and that older devices are deliberately obsoleted by a) making them impossible or prohibitively expensive to repair, and b) not supporting their interaction with newer computers, services, etc. some devices are even glued together making them virtually impossible to take apart. one senior engineer is quoted: "we joke that we design landfills." while not mentioning digital cameras, i'd say they share many attributes to the electronics described. - -rei - -- Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com Ridgewood, New Jersey - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html