On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 19:26:58 GMT, Jan Panteltje
wrote:

Too bad....
How about conductive glue replacing solder?
Na, will have to wait until the first EU politician's cellphone fails in
some emergency.

There have been polymer based conductive circuit assembly adhesives
around for several years now.

NOT cheap.

The answer will be Rhodium alloy solders for safety and mission
critical applications... perhaps.