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Hi John!
I hope you don't mind, but I thought your post to the Smart-e-link was
worthwhile enough to forward to the IPC TechNet. I ranted about the so-called
"lead-free" thing a while back...it's good to know that there's other people
out there that see this whole "lead-free" push as VERY, VERY premature (not
to mention as you point out, without any REAL ecological or technical
merit!)...and may have some other hidden agendas. I guess I may be stirring
the pot again...oh well, I've not let that stop me before.
-Steve Gregory-
In a message dated 02/22/2000 11:30:35 AM Central Standard Time,
[log in to unmask] writes:
> For your amusement - or maybe not.................
>
> John Burke.
>
>
> It was Monday in lead-free land, the back room EngineeringGnomes were at
> their wits end trying to get the "drop-in" replacements to work, and the
> smuggled in supplies of Tylenol 3 were running dangerously
> low...............
>
> A voice was heard.......... "Hey - what happens if we make public the fact
> that this lead free business is going to solve no problems real or
> perceived, and start a lobby in electronics to fight it"
>
> "Don't be silly" came the reply from a French MetroGnome "- the Japanese
are
> legislating against lead in electronics. That means that if the rest of the
> World didn't follow this initiative, that Japanese companies would be the
> only ones struggling to make those "drop in" replacements work. That would
> mean that the costs of manufacturing in Japan would rise...............and
> they would not be able to IMPORT electronics from the rest of the
> world..................."
>
> "Hey wouldn't that be a disaster said the Garden Gnome ( made of
> environmentally friendly 80% consumer recycled plastic), the Japanese not
> being able to IMPORT electronics"
>
> Hmmmmmmm. said wise old Gnome - maybe we had better send out our e-mail
> address just in case any other ElectroGnomes out there want to form a forum
> to discuss this possibility...... [log in to unmask]
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