From: "Jack Hudler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Question for the cesium nuts. Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 13:25:47 -0500 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Which begs the question of; who's cesium standard will we buy in surplus > market? > > Besides you guys (Symmetricom), who is building Cesium standards that > haven't yet been absorbed by Symmetricom? (note this is not meant to be > derogatory). Oscilloquartz. I beleive that they have Symmetricom tubes in them. Actually that would raise questions regarding to second-source for serious telecom operators. Fortunatly for them, GPS clocks is usually enought. I beleive there was a Russian Cesium-maker, but if I recall correctly they stopped doing Cesium clocks. > >From my POV (which could be myopic), a few CBT manufacturers are controlling > what remains of this market (no I'm not a conspiracy nut, it's just > business), so it seems to me that the surplus market is going to get very > thin in the near future. It is really just buisness decissions behind it. Weither they where wise or not is another issue. Joint buissnesses is not always beneficial (see second-source comment). Cheers, Magnus _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
