Hi John! I hope you don't mind, but I thought your post to the Smart-e-link was worthwhile enough to forward to the IPC TechNet. I ranted about the so-called "lead-free" thing a while back...it's good to know that there's other people out there that see this whole "lead-free" push as VERY, VERY premature (not to mention as you point out, without any REAL ecological or technical merit!)...and may have some other hidden agendas. I guess I may be stirring the pot again...oh well, I've not let that stop me before. -Steve Gregory- In a message dated 02/22/2000 11:30:35 AM Central Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: > For your amusement - or maybe not................. > > John Burke. > > > It was Monday in lead-free land, the back room EngineeringGnomes were at > their wits end trying to get the "drop-in" replacements to work, and the > smuggled in supplies of Tylenol 3 were running dangerously > low............... > > A voice was heard.......... "Hey - what happens if we make public the fact > that this lead free business is going to solve no problems real or > perceived, and start a lobby in electronics to fight it" > > "Don't be silly" came the reply from a French MetroGnome "- the Japanese are > legislating against lead in electronics. That means that if the rest of the > World didn't follow this initiative, that Japanese companies would be the > only ones struggling to make those "drop in" replacements work. That would > mean that the costs of manufacturing in Japan would rise...............and > they would not be able to IMPORT electronics from the rest of the > world..................." > > "Hey wouldn't that be a disaster said the Garden Gnome ( made of > environmentally friendly 80% consumer recycled plastic), the Japanese not > being able to IMPORT electronics" > > Hmmmmmmm. said wise old Gnome - maybe we had better send out our e-mail > address just in case any other ElectroGnomes out there want to form a forum > to discuss this possibility...... [log in to unmask] ############################################################## TechNet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ############################################################## To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TECHNET <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TECHNET ############################################################## Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information. If you need assistance - contact Gayatri Sardeshpande at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5365 ##############################################################