In article , W7TI
writes:

On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 00:40:03 GMT, Larry Johnson
wrote:

Frank - this is how big business works. They're not in business to do
favors for you, they're in business to make money. Period.

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Not true. Like all businesses, Tek must please their customers while
making money or soon there will be no customers. The trick is to strike
the right balance. Tektronix has been in business for ~50 years now, so
I'd say they are doing it right.

--
Bill, W7TI

p.s. I'm an ex-employee, so grains of salt will be distributed as
necessary.

Bill, I've never worked for Tektronix. My personal oscilloscope is a
Philips 50 MHz dual-trace used demo unit bought at a fair deal from a
Philips representative in 1981. On the other hand, I've been very
much acquainted with their line of instruments since 1954 and can
say that their quality, maintainability, and holding-of-accuracy is
excellent. I can afford them for contract jobs...just can't afford them
for personal use.

The price of ALL electronics instruments has constantly gone up in
the last half century...the major reason probably in that the
performance and range and flexibility has also increased...which
leads to the various companies amortizing new instrument
development costs back to the buyers. Like TS for all those who
want high-performance goodies at Knight-Kit prices.

Len Anderson
retired (from regular hours) electronic engineer person