Hi Brian, Earl, David, etc,
I hope you do not think that Bill Gates, other than for his piles of money,
and Micro"suck" are unique. Good mechanical designs in electronics are very
rare; really bad ones all to common. How do you think I make it as a
reliability consultant?
I have seen fatigued electrodes in pace makers--great fun for the patient,
and windshield wiper control boards with fractured solder joints--imagine
driving on I-95 in a downpour and your windshield wipers stop.
Even Apples, I like and use the Mac platform, are not immune to lousy
mechanical designs.
These, and many other failures due to REALLY bad designs have resulted in
litigations, recalls, and big losses--economic, aggravation, and human life.

Werner

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