8 Mar
1999
8 Mar
'99
11:39 a.m.
On Mon, 8 Mar 1999, Derek Peschel wrote:
Hmm, you don't know who designs TI's
calculators? (You skipped that part.)
That's too bad; I was hoping you would.
I don't know. Open one up and see if it has any other manufacturer's
marks on it.
I figured it would be about money (it usually is), but
that doesn't explain
how the credit (or blame or responsibility) gets shifted around.
Remembe this rule always: Shit flows downhill.
Yes, generally the name on the badge gets the bad
credit. But how come IBM
keeps selling Proprinters, then? (Well, OK, maybe they're not still selling
them. But I never saw an article saying, "IBM CHAIRMAN PUBLICLY REPENTS FOR
THE PROPRINTER".) You mentioned that they were OEM'd, and *I* believe they
are a piece of shit. They're great at jamming paper, anyway, and it's a
pain to retrieve the little crumpled-up sprocketwads that caused the jam.
Yeah, I distinctly remember at least one instance where I was digging
around in a printer to remove the paper droppings, but for the most part
they worked well.
I still think I disagree with you. (I'm not
exactly sure what "That's not
true" means.) This sort of deal can easily create a situation of a company
selling crap with a straight fance.
Well, sure. But its not like that's the case with every instance of an
OEM deal. Usually a company OEMs another company's stuff because the
other company's stuff is proven reliable and is better than anything the
first company could build.
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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