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More likely that nobody noticed the typo until it was too late and they didn’t want to halt an entire production run just to replace a sticker that most people
by PragmaticPulp 5y ago
More likely that nobody noticed the typo until it was too late and they didn’t want to halt an entire production run just to replace a sticker that most people will never see.
Stopping the production run and delaying shipments would have a palpable impact on shipment numbers. Most likely it was noticed, corrected for later batches, and they made the call to run this round anyway because it had zero effect on function.
(Source: If you work in hardware long enough, you’ll have to make similar calls like this eventually)
- hef19898 5y agoFor us older folks remembering what "stamps" are, and that people used to collect those: The most valuable ones are those with printing errors, e.g. typos. If you produce enough stuff at scale mistakes happen. And I would assume the stickers are much less controlled and monitored then the chips / hardware itself. No idea how it works in electronics, in aerospace so you would do thorough testing on the affected units. And if they meet the spec, someone would make a call regarding relabeling. Considering how expensive relabeling tends to be, it isn't unreasonable to assume the parts just got a concession for the labels. I wouldn't read to much into it.