-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Tuesday 2007-02-20 at 14:26 -0800, Randall R Schulz wrote:
I don't know about that, it is amazing how often disk drives fail shortly after the warranty expires.
Why is that amazing? Does it not make perfect sense to guarantee disks for as long as you say they will probably remain free of error? If the two were out of sync, then we could conclude the manufacturer either is using poor techniques to measure the MTBF or misrepresenting the true value. Now, if they extend the warrantee well beyond the true MTBF, then they'll be paying for a lot of replacements, and it would be foolish or inept of them to do so. If the drives fail long after the warranty period, then they could, without additional expense, extend the warranty further and appear to their potential customers to have great quality products (which their drives do in fact possess).
Mmm. I don't think that is exact. For instance, cars here used to be guaranteed for a year, but they last ten, or more, with maintenance. Products usually last longer than the warrantied period; but on average, enough of them fail then so that it wouldn't be economical to extend the guaranteed. It is a question of deciding on the point. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFF25hitTMYHG2NR9URAvokAKCMCGkEufTIM0i0YTk5ETGD+wwlLACfWpJS 6/rqFHdf/s0U9Qz/XOhEQGU= =dAjw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org