Hi Jack! Just a comment echoing the TechNet chorus - a component date code
is a tracking number which serves a multitude of purposes of which
solderability aspects are just one specific issue. I am also quite
skeptical of the white paper viewpoint of solderability being a "well
understood" and "controlled" topic - if that were the case then why are
there so many participants in the JSTD-002 committee involving the IPC,
EIA, and JEDEC associations? Heavens knows I would like to work on other
issues than solderability but I believe the white paper is offering a very,
very skewed viewpoint of solderability issues within the electronic
assembly industry.

Dave Hillman
JSTD 002A CoChairman
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