> > It's a shame if they will be destroyed, but Fluke is clearly doing what=
 any other company owning a trademark would do.=20
> That doesn't make it right.
> > The "yellow multimeter" brand it's probably worth much more than a few =
unhappy/disappointed hobbiysts. At least from their point of view.=20
> Perhaps, but I'd say that the negative press they'll get will have them
> reconsider.

Fluke is not an independent company anymore. They are owned by a big
conglomerate along with Tektronix. It's all business now, unless it gets
on the nightly news they are not going to do anything to be "nice". They
have policies in place for situations like this.

Sparkfun is just having growing pains. They are getting big enough to
get in these situations, they need to learn how to play a bigger game
with sharper knives instead of complaining in a blog. They are wasting a
lot of social media goodwill over some cheap imported meters.

I remember in 1985 writing a letter to the president of Tektronix and
getting a phone call back. Those were the days, eh?

Friendly regards, Bob (not a corporation)

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