Happy New Year Eddie,

I appreciate your comments and would like to respond:

1) These people have all been in the trenches, have "done the job" and have
"done the real work in manufacturing environments"
2) Notice also that I opened with thanks to "all the participants".
3) I can believe that the practice of  "one-ups manship" goes on with in
companies but is not  obtaining the right solution for the problem  the true
goal of an engineer?

Peace,
J. Fjelstad

At 03:35 AM 1/5/98 -0800, you wrote:
>Joseph,
>You wrote:-
>
>Just a quick note of thanks to all the participants on TechNet for
>continuing flow of  valuable dialogue. Special thanks to those consultants
>who have been so good about sharing the invaluable experiences of their long
>distinguished careers. Werner Engelmaier, Phil Hinton, Ralph Hersey, Bob
>Willis and all the many others. I trust that we as a community will not
>hesitate to use or recommend their services to others in the future when the
>need arises as a means of thanks for the benefit they continue to provide us
>all.
>
>A Happy and Proserous New Year To All!
>J. Fjelstad
>Tessera ...System Building Blocks for the Next Generation of Electronics
> 3099 Orchard Drive
> San Jose, CA 95134
> Phone 408 894-0700
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>
>
>
>I'm not sure where you are coming from here....
>I personally feel that while these consultants are quite helpful, the worry
>is that they DO NOT DO THE JOB.
>There is no substitute for the opinions of ENGINEERS WHO DO THE REAL WORK IN
>MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENTS.
>There are a number of people on this network who are participating, and
>their input is valuable, but it must be remembered that they may be people
>who sit in offices and never solve problems or design in solutions on the
>shop floor or work with real products. I'm not just talking about
>Consultants here, for example, what can happen is that the Quality Dept. in
>a company can tap into this service as a source of knowledge to gain the one
>up on the Engineering Dept. within a company. I know of companies where the
>Quality Manager will ask the questions on this mail list while the Engineers
>will work away to find a solution by other means.
>Thanks
>
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