"As long as people will accept crap, it will be financially profitable to
dispense it." Points for knowing the name of the person being quoted. He is
a brilliant man who happened to be the only talk show host to have a guest
die on his show.

Amazon.com has consumer reviews and I read them before purchasing anything.
I write them when I'm impressed or depressed by a product. They do have
listings for at least one Samsung refridge... 

I'm curious to know which model it was.

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James.
 
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu 
> [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of alan smith
> Sent: 2007 Jun 25, Mon 08:21
> To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
> Subject: Re: [EE] Firmware flaws and faceless corporations
> 
> You know I hate to admit this....but since I do have ties to 
> a company that does build semi-pro and higher end consumer 
> "stuff".  When a bug is reported....management reviews it and 
> determines its classifications....is it creating a safety 
> issue or non-working functions....how many are reporting 
> it...does it affect sales...
>    
>   and if it doesnt fit certain criteria,  its put in the list 
> of fixing when we can...
>    
>   Just the way it is in the corperate world...and yes it 
> sucks when you could fix it pretty quick but its not a critical bug.
> 
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