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In message <960203041014_311179424@ma*.ma*.ao*.co*>,
DeepOshin@ao*.co* writes
>.during DEMA '96. We started with cocktails at the Hotel Montelion and
>by the time we made over to Mr. B's for dinner the conversation was
>"manufacturing" of rebreathers.Yes, they are having some legal problems
>but he didn't want to get into details. He did say something about
>Oceanic not having that strong of an interest in producing a rebreather
>any longer and that he was ammused by the rapid increase of interest on
>the parts of sport diving equipment manufactureres in designing and
>producing a unit of their own. Like it's some kind of big race. He
>seemed to think Oceanic caused this since they were the first "SPORT"
>diving equipment manuf. to show a working model at a trade show. And
>now, ironically enough, they're not that strongly interested in the
>project any longer. A lesson to be learned here is that in all too
>many cases manuf's. will introduce a product in a catalog and even go
>as far as to show it at a trade show and in way too many cases it will
>take up to three to
>four years for it to hit the shelves and in some cases never see the
>light of the show room floor. Case in point: US Divers took three
>years to deliver a hoseless computer after they introduced it. They
>claimed they found problems with it and didn't want take any risks by
>putting it out prematurely. In many cases you have to question whether
>or not these sport diving companies are the real manufactureres.
>NO!!!!!!!! YOU MEAN OCEANIC DOESN'T MAKE THIER GAUGES AND SEA QUEST
>DOESN'T MAKE THEIR REGULATORS AND SONIFORM MAKES THE B.C.'S FOR A DOZEN
>OR MORE SO CALLED MANUFACTURERES!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>Regards,
>Bob (DeepOshin@ao*.co*)
Bob,
Thanks for that. Interestingly enough they were so un-interested
that they built a purpose built facility in the UK, called it 'Pelagic
House' which houses a 30 ft deep heated indoor pool to train the world
instructor base......Perhaps they are now going to get into Koi Carp?.
Regards
Chris
e-mail: chris@de*.de*.co*.uk*
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