Hi Bill,
> I have to kind of like a company or I won't mess with their stuff. 
> Uniden is
> one I just loathe.  I guess it was 10-15 years ago, they started buying
I know what you mean, I have a couple well known electronics manufacturers
on my black list. Places I never recommend, and disuade people from
purchasing.  
> Not only that, but Uniden won't apply some of those patents to their
> scanners.
> They're still using mostly old ways in their scanners.  And if that
Thats the worst part. Letting great ideas waste away in some filing cabinet.
 A popular tactic it seems among big names out there. Regardless of products
offered.
> enough, when they bought out Electra Bearcat, they outright canceled all
> service and support.  WHen people called up with broken scanners, Uniden
> offered them some kind of a paltry discount on a Uniden scanner; take it
> or leave it, Bubba.  Even though they also bought Electra's service
A definate move towards gaining the full market share. Whats somebody to do
if they can't buy anything but brand XYZ.
Chances are if I'd known this stuff, I would not have bought my BC200xlt on
matter of principle. But, the thing did what I wanted when I got it.
A friend of mine has an ICOM 7100... now theres a beuty for the desktop.
> Not just IBM!  One of my Dell monitors crapped out a year or two ago.  I
> called Dell to learn the warranty had expired and the best they could do
> was to offer me a paltry discount on a more modern, over-priced monitor.
Bah.. These folks and their "offers to upgrade"...
  Its like junking your car just becuase it has a flat tire.  But, we can
only blame the general buying public (Which I usually refer to as the Stupid
buying public) for putting up with crap like that, and allowing things to
get to the point where its throw away rather than repair.
> at that point.  How do you hack a chip?
Exactly.
> be necessary to go back to  Rosetta Labs for most anything other than a
> whole new board in worst cases.
Sounds like another point in Rosettas favour.
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