james.arnold{at}usa.net wrote:
> Granted that was when IBM actually still made high
> quality machine rather than the commodity products of today.

It is quality that makes commodity products possible.  Without 
predictable, high quality, commodity products could not exist.

I used to fab circuit boards in a labor intensive "bucket shop". 
Cheap, high quality in the "real world" shut down my operation.

Ray


 
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