On the subject of colour. I have and use on a near daily basis a Fluke mode=
l 77 from the early nineties, body colour, dark grey, rubber bump case ligh=
t grey. Slightly earlier Beckmann industries model HD110, (now retired), ca=
se, yellow,=20
Leather carrying case, brown.=20
These digital multimeters took over from the well used analogue Avo model 8=
 MK3, black Bakelite, the standard colour for test instruments I grew up wi=
th.=20
I did not see Beckmann getting twitchy about Fluke using 'their' yellow, ma=
ybe Fluke bought out B/man for the colour. Or, to save it from falling into=
 the hands of Louis Vuitton for its leather case
Graham

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> On Mar 21, 2014, at 4:50 AM, RussellMc <apptechnz@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Posted on Fluke's FB page just now (spilling misstooks and awl), fwiw.
> I have no problem with Fluke protecting their brand.
> But I can think of better ways to do it:
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> ________________
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> Re "We look forward to continuing our support of the community, of our
> customers, and of all the innovators out there." -> You can look. But you
> will have lost goodwill overall. Certainly Fluke has dropped a notch in m=
y
> estimation. Fluke's undoubted quality, uncompromising approach to getting
> it right and creation of a brand image well above most is a matter of
> record. What you've done here is scratch your paintwork and move a little
> closer to looking like Apple and HP as they are now and a little further
> away from looking like HP as they were then. A bit more like Steve :-(.
> A shame.
> And no amount of protesting or explaining is going to put things right.
> When you see the bouncer throwing out the gatecrasher it doesn't matter
> that the bouncer has every right, or that the gate crasher PROBABLY knew
> they shouldn't be there. If said bouncer does it with polite style and a
> deferential 'Sir' , which you know the gatecrasher doesn't deserve and th=
e
> bouncer does not owe him, it's one up to the bouncer. And when instead he
> sends him spraling down the street, ear his trousers (but just a little)
> and flattens his hat, and yells after him "and stay out", the gatecrasher
> may perhaps lose, but the bouncer surely does. Even if he picks him up
> afterwards, dusts him down , pats him on the back and gives him a basket =
of
> fine Fluke products to sell or dispose of as he sees fit, he's still the
> bully.
> A shame.
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> What's the lifetime of messages like this on your site, I wonder. Certain=
ly
> you have every right to delete them asap.
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>       Russell McMahon
>       NZ
>       Has never yet bought a Fluke product.
>       BUT has admired them AND the company for many decades.
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