[Boatanchors] Chinese TOOBS...Epilogue

[Francesco Ledda]

I worked for a tier-1 Japanese telecom OEM as senior designer, and my
opinion of their technology was clearly inferior to their American
counterparts.  But, their business focus was much more intense with very
little fluctuation from quarter to quarter.  There was not the usual
CEO-Executive management greed to steer the company for short term profits.
Everything was long term focused. I believe that this is their strength.

I wish that the board of directors and Wall Street would understand that
this short term approach is damaging the US economy and all of us.
I am sorry if I don't understand much about economy; I am a simple
engineer...



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Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2005 7:54 AM
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Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Chinese TOOBS...Epilogue


On Sat, Oct 08, 2005 at 08:36:32AM -0500, Ed Swynar wrote:
> Many thanks to all who took the time to share their experiences with
> Chinese hollow-state devices...much appreciated.
>
> The synopsis seems to be that the very early offerings from
> "...Beijing Inc." were LESS than ideal --- however, the jury
> is still out re. the durability / performance of their latest
> offerings. One note of interest: the current Chinese 211 seems to
> behave every bit as well as anything vintage from the U.S.A., per
> comments from one user...
>
> I guess it's all just a matter of time...I recall as kids we used to
> laugh at anything that was marked "Made In Japan" --- and look at
> what's happened since then...

One of my uncles, a machinist for Sylvania (he made vacuum-tight bellows
out of bar stock, among other interesting things), once asked me if
"Sangamo" was a Japanese brand, back in the early 1960s. He wasn't much
into electronics himself, but knew that lots of folks who _were_ didn't
hold Japanese components and assembled products in a lot of esteem.

My, how things have changed. The Japanese started off as fair-to-middlin'
copyists, and then developed some truly inspired engineers.

I don't have any direct experience with either Chinese or Russian glowbuggy
bits, and so have little or nothing of import to say about them.

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Mike Andrews, W5EGO
mikea at mikea.ath.cx
Tired old sysadmin
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