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To: long-gone who wrote (53447)5/31/2000 1:38:00 PM
From: goldsheet  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 116954
 
> Not really, they run a a slightly lower speed for a short while, then when thye see nothing can be done, they ramp up run WFO then lay off.

Been there, done that. When a product is making the transition to a commodity, you dump it as fast as you can (before the competition), then get out quickly !

> Then again, one must consider most every widget is made by a contract house these days.

Back then, we made our stuff in Puerto Rico, but all of the new stuff was contract. No one in their right mind takes the risk of building and managing their own production anymore, except for gold miners ;)