Re: IBM System i guidance on disk drives not manufactured by IBM

["SJL" <sjl_abc@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> "Al Barsa" wrote:
> Subject: IBM System i guidance on disk drives not manufactured by IBM
>  ...
> If you do find drives that are counterfeit, we ask that you provide
> information to us as we attempt to track the source of the parts.

Al -

The knock-off drives are no doubt Chinese.  That's what happens when in our race to the 
bottom for cheap labor/parts we outsource technology and transfer knowledge to the Far 
East, where there is little concern (or protection) for the value of  American 
Intellectual Property.

Unfortunately, _our_ government has been loathe to pursue any claims in the WTO against 
any of these manufacturers, so the American companies usually go broke while the 
counterfeiters sell the fake goods everywhere, including the USA.

Welcome to globalization...

A few pertinent articles:

Dealing with the Problem of Counterfeiting: Part 1
http://www.allbusiness.com/manufacturing-services/4968947-1.html

Statement of Senator Carl Levin before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review 
Commission Hearing on The U.S. China Relationship
http://www.senate.gov/~levin/newsroom/release.cfm?id=268284


Alliance for Gray Market and Counterfeit Abatement
http://www.agmaglobal.org/

- sjl