Technos, since everybody is happy and has time to check spelling, I'm going to ask your oppinion on something totally non-technical. Many of you have more years in this industry than my age, so you saw it grow. How do you see the future of SMT? Will it continue to be a booming business, or, five years from now the assemblies will be one ASIC placed on a 1"x1" board and that's it, no more discrete components, no more wave soldering, no rework, etc. Shall I return to good old lathes and milling machines, or I'll be able to feed my children out of electronic manufacturing, many years from now? Actually my company is in shut down for two weeks and that's why I waste my time with stupid questions (sorry, but any oppinion is welcomed). Thanks, Ioan ############################################################## 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 ##############################################################