Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!decvax!yale-com!leichter From: leichter@yale-com.UUCP Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: Re: Artificially different products Message-ID: <1697@yale-com.UUCP> Date: Fri, 1-Jul-83 09:07:29 EDT Article-I.D.: yale-com.1697 Posted: Fri Jul 1 09:07:29 1983 Date-Received: Fri, 1-Jul-83 14:59:59 EDT Lines: 9 It's not just the computer industry! - although the story about the expensive field-upgrade from some IBM 360 to another that had the CE come in and cut a jumper is famous. When the alternator on my old '73 Pontiac went a couple of years back, I discovered that GM used the same part in a wide variety of cars. However, the list priced depended on what car's part book you looked it up in! My "Pontiac" alternator was cheaper than a "Cadillac" alternator (more expensive than the Chevy? I don't know.) -- Jerry decvax!yale-comix!leichter leichter@yale