Hi Micron's RyanG, Chuck, Brian, and IPC LF Listservers, I see that Sun's Chuck already gave a reasonable answer in terms of "So when Sony goes forward they try hard to be good" as compared to others who try hard to deny or avoid issues and concerns and have law suits. Years ago my experience with many Japaneese companies in Optoelectronics, supported years later by one long term Japaneese resident NY/NJ Port of Authority official, suggested to me they applied different principles than we in the USA and maybe the UK found familiar. They do the best they can with current knowledge, cultural and language barriers and then move forward to do what is expected of them. YiEngr, MA/NY DDave P.S. Back in the late 50's they said the Japaneese could only build junk radios and copy like mad. How the west misunderstood is amazing. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Leadfee Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Leadfree To temporarily stop delivery of Leadree for vacation breaks send: SET Leadfree NOMAIL Search previous postings at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------