Guenter (and all),

I certainly am not "mad" at you for your observations, and I understand
your perspective. I apologize (to all) if it seems that I am being "pushy"
and "not very
professional" about our discussion of CASTIN, but . . .

Please note that I joined this group only to learn more about the lead-free
issue and hopefully to be able to provide some insight from a solder
vendor's point of view.

In response to the following mail please also note that:

1) The discussion about the CASTIN alloy began before I was even a member
of the Leadfree Electronics Assembly E-Mail Forum. I simply tried to address
the questions raised about the alloy. I used the "brandname" because that is
how the questions
were posed. I believe that others have mentioned CASTIN earlier and more
frequently than I have.

2) The correct spelling of CASTIN is in all capitals- it is an acronym
which stands for Copper, Antimony, Silver, TIN. Capital letters were to
create emphasis or to be pushy.

I hope that I am forgiven- maybe I'll stay quiet for a while :-)

David
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Guenter Grossmann <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: Leadfree Electronics Assembly E-Mail Forum. <[log in to unmask]>; David
>>Suraski - AIM <[log in to unmask]>
>>Date: Monday, July 05, 1999 2:50 AM
>>Subject: Re: [LF] LF
>>
>>
>>Dave
>>
>>I do appreciate your comments on the properties of the solder alloy the
>>company you are employed with developed. However, is it really necessary
to
>>use the brand name over and over again? Or do you have to write it in
>>capitals. To me it looks very much as if all you want to do is to mention
>the
>>product as pushy as possible. Not very professional, to say the least.
>>
>>Hey you out there, don't start now a discussion regarding advertisement in
>>technet or leadfree or something else. This are just my feelings and they
>do
>>not have to correspond to my companys ideas and no legal bla bla bla.....
>>
>>Best regards
>>
>>Guenter
>>
>
>

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