I can't find that Ron ever used the phrase "grand success", and the only thing I've found that has expanded content about what he might have actually said can be seen here: http://www.ipc.org/feature-article.aspx?aid=Designing-with-lead-free-technologies Maybe Terry can provide the actual source, if interested... Jack On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:20:10 +0100, Eric Christison <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1389&doc_id=231199&f_src=designnews_gnews > >"Dr. Ronald Lasky, Dartmouth professor of engineering and a frequent >blogger on solder, claims the transition to lead-free was a grand >success. “A lot of people claim that lead-free solder is not as reliable >as lead-based solder,” Lasky told me. “We’re now five years into the >implementation of RoHS, and we’ve made $3 trillion work of electronic. >We haven’t really noticed any big change in reliability.”" > >I thought some of you may be interested in the above article. > >Regards, > > >-- >Eric Christison >Consumer& Micro group >Imaging Division > >STMicroelectronics (R&D) Ltd >33 Pinkhill >Edinburgh EH12 7BF >United Kingdom > >Tel: +44 (0)131 336 6165 >Fax: + 44 (0)131 336 6001 > --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 16.0 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 For additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------