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,
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> 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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