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- From: rjmcc@magi.com
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: New model USR Sportster?????
- Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 13:42:57 GMT
- Organization: Magi Data Consulting
- Message-ID: <3172e787.2942167@news.magi.com>
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- On Thu, 11 Apr 1996 03:05:21 GMT, bubba@insync.net (Bill Garfield)
- wrote:
-
- >bashley@ktb2.ktb.net (Bev) wrote:
- >
- >>It's cheaper to solder than to socket; you do it when you're confident
- >>that everything is OK. Frequently a mistake :)
- >
- >You also do it when you're very much wishing to quell the willy-nilly
- >requests for arbitrary firmware upgrades without substantiated proof of
- >actual need. With the proper tools, replacing an SMD soldered-in chip
- >is just as easy as replacing a socketed one.
- >
- >The manufacturer's warranty states they "will repair or replace" but
- >says nothing about shipping bazillions of firmware upgrade chips to
- >every Tom, Dick and Harriet who calls requesting it just for the heck of
- >it.
- >
- >Soldered-in firmware chips and being forced to return the product to the
- >manufacturer for mere firmware replacement is likely to piss off a lot
- >of people, but I guarantee the plan will SLAM THE BRAKES ON all the
- >arbitrary requests for "the latest rev" when the request is otherwise
- >unfounded.
- >
- >Unpopular? Yes, very.
- >Good business? Youbetcherass.
- >
- Unpopular? Yes....
- Good Business? You lost yerass....
-