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Hello Tom - 

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TW> There are Two Main Reason. IBM and Compaq did it to
TW> Discourage the Casula Home user form repairing theri own
TW> Computers. Rembember most companies madker MORE money with
TW> Maintenance Contracts then Sales. 

What you are saying is probably true but it is also difficult
to warranty anything that the customer is 'fiddling' with. Been
there, done that. 

TW> In the Appliance area it is more a matter of trying to
TW> avoid liability Law Suits. Making the device hard to open
TW> shifts the Blame of the Electricution of the Stupid Home
TW> Handy toward the User a bit. :-) :-) 

It might be worth mentioning that there are many kitchens that
do not have proper circuit breaker type wall sockets installed
and that should be 'fixed'. All of these units are not up to
the task and you get what you pay for. 

I can imagine that it is possible to try to 'rig' an electrical
appliance in ways that would cause it's use to be unsafe with
the possibility of shorts to those using the appliance. People
still shove forks into toasters to retrieve a piece of toast.
It happens. 

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