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| m100:
The dispute was between RS & Farnell over the use of the other parties 'unique' part numbers and not those of their upstream suppliers. The manufacturers own part numbers were not on the comparison list. it was like a phone book in text density Supplier 1 part Number 123-456 Our equivalent 345-7890 Supplier 1 part Number 123-457 Our equivalent 345-7891 Supplier 1 part Number 123-458 Our equivalent 345-7892 etc You needed both companies catalogues open at the relevant pages to make any use of it, no internet of note back then and this was way before the web. |
| German_EE:
HP were terrible for this. That blown IC in your expensive piece of equipment could be an ASIC or a quad NAND but all you see is the HP part number on the top so they are the only source of spares. Bad news if support for your equipment ended ten years ago. |
| philby:
Thanks for the replies everyone. Some good info thanks. --- Quote from: Galenbo on June 10, 2015, 04:13:39 pm ----it's illegal to use the code name of vendor1 and also use it in you company for "similar" items from other vendors. We lost a lawsuit in 1985. --- End quote --- Wow. Would have never thought of that. |
| GK:
This reminds me of Dick Smith electronics back in the 90s. They stocked a range of BC series small-signal bipolar transistors, but they ordered them custom labeled DS instead. For example a BC548 was a DS548. They would have ordered in enough quantity so that the custom labeling wasn't a prohibitive cost but the point in the first place was lost on me. |
| Galenbo:
--- Quote from: philby on June 11, 2015, 11:28:16 am --- --- Quote from: Galenbo on June 10, 2015, 04:13:39 pm ----it's illegal to use the code name of vendor1 and also use it in you company for "similar" items from other vendors. We lost a lawsuit in 1985. --- End quote --- Wow. Would have never thought of that. --- End quote --- The strange thing is that it was discovered by the competition because by accident it appeared on the bill of the customer, but we weren't punished for that. We were only punished for using their numbers inside our organisation. |
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