[TowerTalk] Re: What was his name

[Bob Otto]

Hello Mike,

I have to kind of chuckle about this thread.  There is a school of
thought that's similar to MMM's theory..........it's called value
engineering.  What it says is given almost free reign, a good engineer
will always over design a product -- greatly adding to cost by
supplying things the customer truly doesn't need/want.  Good value
engineering starts with determining what the customer really
wants...and what priority it has...then designing exactly what is
needed to satisfy the customer....and not a thing more!   Think about
your automobile today......wouldn't you love to have that old pushrod
V8, without all the computers and electronics <G>  Or have you ever
longed for a "simple HF radio" that was easy to use?

73's from.......

Bob Otto
N8NGA@one.net
Cincinnati, Ohio

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Tuesday, September 19, 2000, 2:07:43 PM, you wrote:


MGN> Earl Madman Muntz (I think he is credited with inventing of the 8-track - could be wrong)

MGN> He used badger engineers to explain the need for every part, and insist on them removing ones he deemed unnecessary. If I remember correctly, these included temperature compensating parts, parts
MGN> designed to allow equipment to work over wide supply voltage swings, etc.  Basically stuff that, when removed in the lab, you'd never notice, but out in the field, well, they were important. 
MGN> Somehow, I don't think he was much of an engineer...

MGN> Let's see, that step start circuit..yank it...that grid protection scheme, dump it...bypass capacitors? ferrite beads? get rid of them all!

MGN> Mike
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