> >And I wonder - are the guys selling bulbs outside the US > >mainly subsidiaries of american conglomerates like GE? > >This would explain a lot. > > Yep...GE, Philips, Sylvania, etc. > > Actually the headquarters of Philips is not in the United States of America but in the United States of Socialist Europe, to be more precise Holland. So it's a European not an American Conglomerate. 8-) Chris Carr -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads