Alan B. Pearce wrote:
>> Recalling 4 million batteries seems like non-cost-effective
>> approach. How many of these buggers have blown ?
>> Would not a warning and insurance be cheaper ?
>>     
>
> That is not the way the system works. There is no guarantee that the ones
> still "out there" are save, they could fail at any time, through what is
> apparently a diagnosed mechanism. No amount of insurance and warnings is
> cheaper if it is your house/work place/car/airplane that gets cought in the
> conflagration when it fails.
>
>   
Exactly. Now knowing that the batteries are unsafe, Dell would be 
foolhardy to do ANYTHING except what
it is now doing.

Can you spell "lawsuit" in 20 different languages?

--Bob

> Alan (owner of a Dell with a battery not on the list) ...
>
>   

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