Hi Ramon, I wished you were right--the Europeans certainly would deserve it. But, unfortunately, it will affect all of us about equally. You cannot be madder than I--I have been at this now for at least 4 years; and my level of frustration cannot be topped. This is the "Emperor's New Clothes" in reality. Unfortunately, too many people make money off of this--particularly the universities; so the very people that should have the strongest voices in the scientific community have the highest interest in perpetuating this insanity. Werner Hi Werner: I am madder than anyone else when it comes to this LF change. I know that I got the real facts quite late and that I am only a voice. I console myself by saying that it will not affect us to the extent that will affect Europeans. My thinking is that at some point the counter movement will win by demonstrating that LF is not so free but expensive and affects the environment more harshly. Regards, Ramon -----Original Message----- From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 9:18 AM To: Dehoyos, Ramon; [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] Lead-Free, Why? Hi Ramon, it is that kind of thinking that gets us into trouble. Just because you are not exporting to the EU, or because your part of the industry is exempt, does NOT mean that you are not affected--YOU WILL BE AFFECTED. that is because, you will not be able to buy SnPb-parts. Werner --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts 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 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------