Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!pa.dec.com!shodha.enet.dec.com!csc32.enet.dec.com!m_herodotus From: m_herodotus@csc32.enet.dec.com (Mario Herodotus) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: Re: Price cuts on motherboard upgrades ??? Message-ID: <3171@shodha.enet.dec.com> Date: 18 May 91 10:07:41 GMT References: <674452930.0@blkcat.FidoNet> Sender: news@shodha.enet.dec.com Reply-To: m_herodotus@csc32.enet.dec.com (Mario Herodotus) Organization: Digital Equipment Corp (CX03 1/J3), Colorado Springs, Co 80919 Lines: 35 --In article <674452930.0@blkcat.FidoNet>, Charlie.Mingo@p4218.f421.n109.z1.FidoNet.Org (Charlie Mingo) writes: >gaynor@agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu writes: > >--> Something I thought of... isn't a manufacturer required to support a >--> product, at least in parts and service, for 10 years after the product is >--> officially discontinued? Or are there particular caveats to that? (I >--> confess ignorance here, this is something I have recently heard of). > > What would be the source of this obligation? I really doubt that this >is the case. > > > * Origin: mingo@well.sf.ca.us mingo@cup.portal.com (1:109/421.4218) > I know that we at Digital Equipment Corp are required to provide parts and service on all our VAXes for 10 years. This is a federal regulation. I'm not sure of the particulars and if desktop systems are included. It may be becuase we do government contracts, but so does Apple. Mario ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I can't afford my own opinions, and DEC won't pay for them either. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mario Herodotus [ CX03 1/K3 ] | m_herodotus@coors.dec.com Digital Equipment Corporation | Customer Support Center | - or - m_herodotus%coors.dec@decwrl.dec.com 305 Rockrimmon Blvd. | Colorado Springs, CO 80919 | - or - ...!decwrl!coors.dec.com!m_herodotus | (800) 525-6570 Ext 25520 | - or - CSC32::M_HERODOTUS [direct line (719) 592-5520] | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------