> Actually I'm not sure I'd pity people in that situation since it would
point
> to them not having properly tested their product before releasing it. I
> haven't been exposed to the problem but from the sounds of it "normal"
> testing should have shown an "issue". TTYL

You obviously haven't been badly burnt (as I have) by processors which run
apparently perfectly during testing but which cause intermittent problems in
customers equipment (which happens to be located about 15,000 km away)
entirely because the processor (non-Microchip in my case) fails to meet its
guaranteed specifications.

Once a manufacturer fails to honour their guaranteed specification and
decides to hide the fact from you, there can be no guarantee that "normal"
testing will reveal the problem.

While anyone with even a trace of prudence will perform extensive tests, it
is unreasonable to suggest that these should be required to catch
manufacturers' gross failures to perform.



        Russell McMahon

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