From: "Will Honea" Received: from mxout1.mailhop.org ([63.208.196.165] verified) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.9) with ESMTP id 395588 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 13:29:07 -0400 Received: from mxin2.mailhop.org ([63.208.196.176]) by mxout1.mailhop.org with esmtp (Exim 4.51) id 1GTMAb-000Fmi-IL for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 13:29:06 -0400 Received: from smtp105.biz.mail.re2.yahoo.com ([206.190.52.174]) by mxin2.mailhop.org with smtp (Exim 4.51) id 1GTMAb-000FlM-GH for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 13:29:05 -0400 Received: (qmail 24520 invoked from network); 29 Sep 2006 17:28:59 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO basement) (whonea@whonea.net@70.59.203.124 with login) by smtp105.biz.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 29 Sep 2006 17:28:59 -0000 Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 11:28:58 -0600 To: "OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" Reply-To: "Will Honea" In-Reply-To: References: Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless]Re: Lenovo battery recall affects several models MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: The Polarbar Mailer; version=1.25a; build=1965 X-Mailer-Platform: OS/2; architecture=x86; version=20.45 X-Mailer-Java-VM: IBM Corporation; version=J2RE 1.3.1 IBM build co131-20030618 (JIT enabled: jitc); compiler=jitc X-Mail-Handler: MailHop by DynDNS X-Spam-Score: -2.1 (--) Message-ID: ** Reply to message from "Rick R." on Fri, 29 Sep 2006 00:34:33 -0700 (PDT) > I think that this cross breeding of components is alarming. > Up until now I would have never dreamed that Thinkpads could be affected by a Sony screw up. > Thankz indeed for this info (and the URL), but I think it is very(!) > worrysome that already millions of DELL, Mac and now Thinkpad units had their > batteries recalled because SONY screwed up. > Is anybody still really producing their own computers or are we already > living in the brave new world where even brand name manufacturers only pillage > the OEM market and then slap their respective label on the assembled box?!! Oh, come on! Why should any manufacturer want to produce every nut, bolt, belt and battery in any product? Ford and GM buy tires from suppliers who specialize in tires, neither makes their own batteries. Rubber plants are expensive and none will survive supplying a single auto maker. Same for batteries. BTW, those "batteries" under recall are actually assemblies of multiple cells. In the case of IBM/Lenovo, the actual battery is assembled using cells obtained from Sony (or some other manufacturer), most computer makers will also outsource the plastic moldings. The assembly is subcontracted to yet another contractor, all under specifications provided by the computer maker. The idea that IBM or any other large manufacturer does all the specialty production in house brings to mind the old saw: Jack of all trades, master of none. -- Will Honea