Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!husc6!bloom-beacon!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!uw-june!uw-entropy!dataio!pilchuck!del From: del@Data-IO.COM (Erik Lindberg) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Manufact. responsibility. (was: WARNING Microsoft C V5.1 Setup WARNING) Keywords: stupid careless write-protect backup shucks darn Message-ID: <891@pilchuck.Data-IO.COM> Date: 11 May 88 18:49:06 GMT References: <1455@slvblc.UUCP> <3401@tekgvs.TEK.COM> <882@pilchuck.Data-IO.COM> <563@hscfvax.harvard.edu> Reply-To: del@pilchuck.Data-IO.COM (Erik Lindberg) Organization: Data I/O Corporation; Redmond, WA Lines: 21 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!husc6!bloom-beacon!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!uw-june!uw-entropy!dataio!pilchuck!del From: del@Data-IO.COM (Erik Lindberg) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Manufact. responsibility. (was: WARNING Microsoft C V5.1 Setup WARNING) Keywords: stupid careless write-protect backup shucks darn Message-ID: <891@pilchuck.Data-IO.COM> Date: 11 May 88 18:49:06 GMT References: <1455@slvblc.UUCP> <3401@tekgvs.TEK.COM> <882@pilchuck.Data-IO.COM> <563@hscfvax.harvard.edu> Reply-To: del@pilchuck.Data-IO.COM (Erik Lindberg) Organization: Data I/O Corporation; Redmond, WA In article <563@hscfvax.harvard.edu> pavlov@hscfvax.harvard.edu (G.Pavlov) writes: >In article <882@pilchuck.Data-IO.COM>, del@Data-IO.COM (Erik Lindberg) writes: >> >> ........... Why should the manufacturer have to spend the extra money to >> write protect the disks? > What "extra money" ???? The extra inventory, labor, and documentation involved in handling them, and sticking the write protect notch over the disk. If using disks w/o notches, they are more expensive since they are manufactured in lower volume. Not to mention special equipment is required to duplicate them. >> Or check to see the user doesn't have something silly in the environment? > > Why should a manufacturer do anything ? To sell product. There is a tradeoff between costs for reliability/quality and your target market. -- del (Erik Lindberg) uw-beaver!tikal!pilchuck!del