Received: from hplms26.hpl.hp.com by opus.hpl.hp.com with SMTP (1.37.109.8/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA23686; Thu, 17 Nov 1994 12:32:27 -0800 Return-Path: <jackg@cache.crc.ricoh.com-DeleteThis> Received: from cache.crc.ricoh.com by hplms26.hpl.hp.com with SMTP (1.36.108.4/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1S) id AA15382; Thu, 17 Nov 1994 12:32:29 -0800 Received: by cache.crc.ricoh.com (5.57/Ultrix3.0-C) id AA18063; Thu, 17 Nov 94 12:31:17 -0800 Received: from localhost by downhaul.crc.ricoh.com.crc.ricoh.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA03733; Thu, 17 Nov 94 12:29:20 PST Message-Id: <9411172029.AA03733@downhaul.crc.ricoh.com.crc.ricoh.com-DeleteThis> To: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis In-Reply-To: <9411172006.AA21786@zonker.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis> (message from Ken Poulton on Thu, 17 Nov 1994 12:10:18 -0800) Subject: Re: Re: Dynafiber booms Reply-To: jackg@cache.crc.ricoh.com-DeleteThis Date: Thu, 17 Nov 1994 12:29:20 -0800 From: Jack Greenbaum <jackg@cache.crc.ricoh.com-DeleteThis>
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 1994 12:10:18 -0800
From: Ken Poulton <poulton@zonker.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>
> I switched from Fiberspar to Dynafiber masts and Gulftech booms, and my
> equipment failures *ended*. My next boom will be a either a Dynafiber
> or another Gulftech.
You're not willing to trust a Fiberspar boom whose arms are well-proven
and front-end now has a year's successful track record, but you are willing
to trust a Dynafiber boom the first year they make them with *no* history
at all?
Sounds strange, yes? Being a human is an interesting thing. There are
some stores I just won't shop at and some companies who's products I
just won't buy for various reasons. It gives me power to be able to
decide such things, a very human experience. I can understand someone
buying an less proven product from Company 'B' strictly because they
don't want to reward Company 'A' for selling a faulty product. It's the
same reason that we put people in jail even though recidivism (sp?) is
high. It's called Justice (with a capital J), and we humans think that
it exists, and it makes us feel better after something bad happens.
>From strictly a safety point of view Ken is probably right, that this
doesn't make sense (except that since his Dynafiber mast hasn't broken
so he has reason to believe that the company knows what they are doing
and will build good booms as well). But from a human and free market
point of view it does. Vendors beware! Bad products will haunt you for
years! If only Microsoft didn't buy every company that was better at
something then they are ...
Jack Greenbaum | Ricoh California Research Center
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