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Ilja Friedel
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> The hard drive companies have separate production lines
> devoted to turning out higher-failure rate models that look
> just like the better ones, except for "a dash at the end"?
It is called "binning". Parts from the same production line are sorted by
quality and sold at different price points. This increases profit margins
and is standard procedure in the IT industry. Don't know if bicycle
manufacturers do this.
Ilja.
> The hard drive companies have separate production lines
> devoted to turning out higher-failure rate models that look
> just like the better ones, except for "a dash at the end"?
It is called "binning". Parts from the same production line are sorted by
quality and sold at different price points. This increases profit margins
and is standard procedure in the IT industry. Don't know if bicycle
manufacturers do this.
Ilja.