Harvey:
Yes, Sun and others did get an exemption (so far, we don't know if that
exemption will survive the final legislative reviews) for servers and storage
arrays.
The problem with that is that it exempts a "use", not a product per se.
Disk drives that are used in storage arrays are exempt, disk drives used in PC's
are not, even thought the disk drives may be otherwise identical.
Microprocessors in servers are exempt, microprocessors in home electronics are
not, even though they may be otherwise identical (or nearly so).
The problem is that 95% (my GUESS) of electronics are not exempt, so who will
supply the electronic components and parts for the exempted products? Can that
5% of the market demand a leaded product? Is Texas Instruments going to run two
fab lines, one lead-free for 95% of the world, and one leaded for those few
customers that make servers? Servers and storage arrays consume X% of the
demand for disk drives. Will disk drive makers run two assembly lines, one with
lead, one without?
As we all know, anything can be done, so it is not impossible; but the question
then becomes "what is the cost of that component that contains lead?"
I just don't see, AS A PRACTICAL MATTER, that the exemption does much good.
I hope I am wrong, I was once before.
Chuck Dolci
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*Chuck
*You must know that servers were explicitly exempted from the lead ban on May
*15 by the EU Parliament, along with storage systems, etc.
*
*Sun Microsystems will not have to go lead-free to sell in Europe.
*
*But even if that were't the case, are we all supposed to give in to the
*lead-free folly without a fight?
*
*One way to fight for Truth is to support the IPC on two fronts. Get your
*company to support the IPC-EIA-EPA life cycle study iniatiative.
*(Call David Bergman or Fern Abrams for information) And support the IPC
*(along with 35 other trade associations) suit against the EPA's outrageous
*100 pound reporting requirement for lead use. It's based on the same phoney
*toxicity arguments that the extreme European fanatics used in starting the
*lead-free solder travesty.
*
*And write President Bush. We have to help build some backbone in Japan and
*Europe, by example. There really is a lot of intelligence there. They just
*lack our independant spirit, but I hear things might be changing.
*
*Fight!
*
*Harvey Miller
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