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Comment #199

2005-12-16T13:51:40Z

Thanks for stopping by, and for your generous comment. We wish you the best in your fight! I'd like to say I'm looking forward to a sequel, but I'd really rather you win without the need for enough action to fill another book.

Comment #198

2005-12-16T04:38:43Z

Thank you for your wonderful and very insightful book review on my book, The Real War Against America.

I apologize for the insomnia that I may have caused for your family but I am greatful for your review and kind words. I agree with your conclusions 100%. It is clear you understand the much larger issues that go way beyond the story of just one small company.

Best wishes for a very happy holiday and successful New Year.

God Bless,
Brett Kingstone

Comment #197

2005-10-28T13:26:15Z

My company uses a part that announced it was going to be end-of-lifed, so we bought up a bunch. We ended up needing more, so our purchasing department went out looking maybe six months after the part was no longer being made. They bought some, but after we started using them (and shipping them to customers), I noticed something funny and with further looking it turned out our vendor (or whoever they got them from) had used even older parts (with known bugs in them) sanded off the label, and replaced it with a new label, so you couldn't tell the difference from the outside.

Comment #196

2005-10-27T11:40:04Z

Apparently Chinese intellectual piracy is older than I thought. It has become much more sophisticated, however. The Super Vision counterfeits were (are) made not only with stolen ideas, but also with blueprints, designs and equipment stolen directly from the Super Vision factory and shipped to China. I suspect the quality of the final product is inferior, but not much so.

Comment #195

2005-10-27T04:27:19Z

That reminds me of a story. It won't come as any surprise that several people in the radio club here in Rochester are long-time Xerox employees. One of the more interesting tales of lore comes from the early 70's when copiers were a big-ticket item reserved only for large companies that could afford the many kilo-buck price tag. Anyway, one of my friends was called out to service a Xerox copier. He said it sure looked like a Xerox copy machine on the outside, but when he opened it up it was very clear that it was counterfitted by someone who clearly paid bottom-yuan for its construction. He said he was surprised it hadn't burned the building down given the rats nest of inferior cabling, insufficient insulation, and undersized power supply. The owner said he got a good deal on it, though. Keep in mind this was an era when a fire extinguisher came standard with a quality copier.