Am I the only one that thinks the site that Allen posted was a bit politically tinged? On 21 March 2014 07:18, Allen Mulvey wrote: > Such raids don't always have anything to do with the wording of the law. > Swat teams raided and shut down both Gibson guitar factories. They > confiscated rosewood and guitar necks. It cost Gibson millions. No charge= s > were ever pressed. Competitors using the same wood had no action taken. > Gibson supports conservative political candidates. I believe Fluke when > they > said they had no idea. > > > http://hotair.com/archives/2013/05/26/does-that-gibson-guitar-raid-make-m= ore > -sense-now/ > > Allen > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behal= f > Of > > Martin Klingensmith > > Sent: Friday, March 21, 2014 8:15 AM > > To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. > > Subject: Re: [OT] IP... > > > > > > On 3/21/2014 3:03 AM, RussellMc wrote: > > > "Fluke Multimeters. > > > Super special event. > > > This is THE VERY LAST TIME we will sell Fluke ever again. > > > If you want a Fluke meter from us, get yours now ..." > > > > Sparkfun is donating the meters, which is a significant charitable tax > > deduction for them. There's no way their customers would be happy about > > Sparkfun getting "free" Fluke meters and selling them off for the retai= l > > price of a Fluke. > > > > Sparkfun got a boat load of free marketing and customer sympathy out of > > this deal. That's probably good enough for them. > > > > - > > Martin K > > -- > > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > > View/change your membership options at > > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .