On Mon, 27 Nov 2006 09:27:01 -0600, M Berger wrote:

Why is it a big deal? Thousands of companies try to get their
products approved and mandated by the government.

"Approved" for Federal purchase is fine. "Mandated" for products not sold
to the government is not.

Maybe someone
working on the campaign lost a limb and didn't want to see that happen
to others.

If the technology were mandated, think of how fast the price would drop.
That would benefit everybody.

What makes you think the price would drop? If it was mandated and nobody
could circumvent Sawstop's patents then they could charge whatever they
wanted to for it.

Doug Miller wrote:

It's *completely* true. Again, do a Google Groups search -- this was
discussed in great detail here about two years ago. SawStop *did* in
fact petition the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, requesting
that their proprietary technology become mandated, and there was a post
here that referenced the CPSC filing. This is not a wild
unsubstantiated figment of someone's imagination. It's a fact.

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