I can't help but notice that the "working draft" of IPC-2152 is dated
November 2002, and ThermalMan was created in December 2002.
Has this project gone commercial on us now?

There sure was a lot of hype about this a couple of years ago, and still
nothing practical for the common man.

Is the IPC document release being delayed now that it has been turned into
a money-making machine?

(If anyone is interested, the working draft on IPC can be downloaded by
clicking the "DRAFTS" link here:
http://www.ipc.org/committeedetail.asp?Committee=1-10b )

Maybe the "history" IS becoming "sordid"?

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Okay, that's two grouchy posts from me in one day...  tomorrow I'm turning
over a new leaf!

Jack






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The history of these charts is pretty funny, maybe sordid is the wrong
word.

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What Mike is creating is really a much better
tool than the charts could ever address...

Thanks for the comments.

Happy Holden
Westwood Associates

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