On Wed, 6 Oct 2004 10:51:57 +0100, tony sayer
wrote:

In article , raden
writes
In message , Andy Hall


Didn't anybody ever apply a brain to this?

Surely the cost of the returns in dealing with them would start to
compare with the cost of a better design.......

Andy you're on dangerous ground here, applying logic and such


IIRC Ford in the USofA had a car, the Pinto, that almost blew up in a
rear end collision, apparently some bolts would tear the fuel tank
apart.

It seemed at the time it was cheaper for Ford not to modify production
but to argue the accident claims.

This was of course before litigation became the business it is today..

Well.... they applied a brain at least, albeit not a heart.

I've always had the view that if the running of business is dominated
by one discipline (e.g. accountants, marketeers, engineers, sales) to
the point where the others have little influence, then it will
probably ultimately fail.


..andy

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