At 08:51 PM 2/10/2005, William "Chops" Westfield wrote:

>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...

Hmm.. The printer is $100, and the ink is $6000/Gal.


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