A company would not hesitate to do a redesign IF the product was
profitable.

Even in a large company, a redesign usually only involves a few people.

Doing a redesign is not a big deal and again would have been done if
the company thought the product was profitable.

Having a key component become unavailable happens all the time and
companies will do a last time buy to insure the product can be built
for decades to come IF the product is profitable.

The death of the Drake R8B is due to economics and not to technical
specs.

The Grundig 800 also continues to live due to economics and not to
technical specs.


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