Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!spool.mu.edu!uunet!aurs01!roncalli From: roncalli@aurs01.UUCP (Guido Roncalli) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: Re: Price cuts on motherboard upgrades ??? Message-ID: <59847@aurs01.UUCP> Date: 20 May 91 14:51:41 GMT Article-I.D.: aurs01.59847 References: <674452930.0@blkcat.FidoNet> Sender: news@aurs01.UUCP Reply-To: roncalli@aurw30.UUCP (Guido Roncalli) Organization: Alcatel Network Systems, Raleigh NC Lines: 22 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. The source of this obligation is a STATE LAW. In Italy (where I come from) this law exists and it works, even if in some cases manufacturers are allowed to escape this obligation. I don't know if this law exists in the U.S.A. too. D D also in the USA. * Guido RoncallI, RD&E -*- Internet Domain: * * Alcatel Network Systems -*- USENET Pathalias: * * 2912 Wake Forest Road -*- USENET !-Style: <...!mcnc!aurgate!roncalli> * * Raleigh, NC 27609 -*- Work Phone: +1 919 850-5375 *