[Boatanchors] New official acronym

Ed Berbari eberbari at indy.rr.com
Mon Apr 7 19:09:46 EDT 2008


One reason we all love our boatanchors is that we can get inside them, fix 
them, modify them, and give them the love that they need.  Parts are not yet 
a major problem.

I just read an article in the latest issue of the IEEE Spectrum Magazine. 
Seems that all of the modern stuff is causing great problems for the 
military since they must keep warehouses full of no longer made components. 
Part of the problem is that the military now uses a lot of commercial stuff 
which leaves the market place fairly quickly.  The new acronym is DMSMS: 
Diminishing manufacturing sources and material shortages.

Obviously not a problem for us!

Ed, W9EJB 




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