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Keysight (lack of) calibration & other services
bd139:
Very good point. The software industry is way ahead of this for once. If you compare to the proliferation of open source software that is. The arrogant vendors first ignored the competition. Then they got eaten by it. I suppose the next stage is that the big brand manufacturers will stop you buying it and only lease their products to you for a monthly fee while cutting costs on support and harping on about capex vs opex. Eventually they'll have to audit customers and end up employing an army of goons to enforce licenses :popcorn:
bdunham7:
--- Quote from: bd139 on July 18, 2021, 08:25:02 pm ---I suppose the next stage is that the big brand manufacturers will stop you buying it and only lease their products to you for a monthly fee while cutting costs on support and harping on about capex vs opex. Eventually they'll have to audit customers and end up employing an army of goons to enforce licenses :popcorn:
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That was the last stage. The current stage is bilking investors with fairy tales about how hard they can screw their customers and still retain their business.
TimFox:
Before I retired, my employer had usual calibration practices,with external services. I needed to measure a large (roughly 36 in) dimension, so I borrowed the largest calipers from our machine shop. I wanted to estimate the accuracy, but the calibration sheet just said “Yes”.
bd139:
--- Quote from: bdunham7 on July 18, 2021, 08:31:40 pm ---
--- Quote from: bd139 on July 18, 2021, 08:25:02 pm ---I suppose the next stage is that the big brand manufacturers will stop you buying it and only lease their products to you for a monthly fee while cutting costs on support and harping on about capex vs opex. Eventually they'll have to audit customers and end up employing an army of goons to enforce licenses :popcorn:
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That was the last stage. The current stage is bilking investors with fairy tales about how hard they can screw their customers and still retain their business.
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Ahh yes the Fortive business model :-DD
porker1972:
You're going to be in for a shock if you read the terms of sale for most electronics distributors. They are almost all business to business only. They don't do B2C so consumer protection law doesn't apply. How do they get around that? Well, let's look at their T&Cs:
https://uk.rs-online.com/web/generalDisplay.html?id=aboutRS/terms-conditions-of-sale
1.5 RS is a business-to-business supplier. The RS website is intended for use by business customers and not by private individuals acting as consumers (“Consumers”)....
https://uk.farnell.com/terms-of-purchase#2
2. Business customers
The Company is a business to business supplier. The Catalogue and any specialogues and other product brochures produced by the Company are intended for use by business customers and not consumers. By ordering, the Customer confirms that he, she or it wishes to obtain the Supplies for the purposes of his, her or its business and not as a consumer.
So if you're buying as an individual and not as a business, you're in breach of their contract that you agree to when buying from them. Good luck fighting that one!
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