On Feb 10, 2005, at 10:17 AM, John J. McDonough wrote:

> Can you imagine any tech doing component level repair of
> anything on the customer site these days?

No, of course not.  But that's the result of economics rather than
a decline in technical expertise.  In the days you're talking about,
the tech probably got paid $10/hour, and the plotter interface card
was worth $10,000.  Nowdays the tech gets paid $30/hour and the
interface card is worth $20...

BillW
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