On Jun 18, 1996 at 08:34, Bill Grimsley of 3:640/305.9 wrote:

 BG> "Not their fault", insofar as the faulty FROM (do you like the new
 BG> acronym which I've just invented?) was actually manufactured by AMD.

Neat.  :)

 BG> Dunno, much of the Courier's appeal lies in its ability to permit field
 BG> upgrades via FROM, and indeed it's even advertised as such, so on that

USR did not encourage people to flash this particular upgrade into their
modem (did they?), so how is it their fault?  USR could just blame AMD for
the chip, the user for flashing the faulty firmware without checking with
USR technical support first, and do nothing.  Saying that it's USR's fault
just because the modem is capable of being flash ROM upgraded is pushing
things a bit, IMHO (though I'd blame USR for poor QA).

 BG> Sure, I agree, but by the same token, one could also point the finger in
 BG> AMD's direction too (and quite rightly, IMO).  Shouldn't they also be
 BG> performing random QA checks on their ICs as they come off the line?

Sure - but again, nobody forced the user to flash their modems with this
particular upgrade.  :-)

    - dave
    d.begley{at}ieee.org

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