Date: Thu, 29 Jun 1995 08:19:25 -1000
Subject: Cameca Service concerns
From: garcia@mano.soest.hawaii.edu (Mike Garcia)

Cc: basu@ucs.indiana.edu, bcrx@unixg.ubc.ca, bo.johanson@gsf.fi,

brophy@ucs.indiana.edu, CF_Minerals@cyberstore.ca, chender@umich.edu,

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drake@sx50.lpl.arizona.edu, essene@umich.edu, F.Scott@unsw.edu.au,

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GASP@GUARANY.CPD.UNBR.BR, gmckay@snmail.jsc.nasa.gov,

gmorgan@GEOADM.GCN.uoknor.edu, hulse@elepaio.soest.hawaii.edu,

huw@cemmsa.adelaide.edu.au, jcr@quartz.geology.utoronto.ca,

jdonovan@garnet.berkeley.edu, jeronimo@pppg.ufba.br,

jinnys@geophysics.rice.edu, JOAQUIM@pppg.ufba.br,

johnf@geology.wisc.edu, jstirlin@emr.ca, jstor@owlnet.rice.edu,

k56@psuvm.psu.edu, Kari.Kojonen@gsf.fi, maggy@sparky2.esd.mun.ca,

MARCOS@IF1.UFRGS.BR, mbarton@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu,

mcomerfo@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu, microprobe@tamu.edu,

milton@geophysics.rice.edu, mlw@probe.geo.umass.edu,

mshaf@oregon.uoregon.edu, noso@vtvm1.cc.vt.edu,

npearson@laurel.ocs.mq.edu.au, p01592@psilink.com,

patrick@magic.geol.ucsb.edu, pierce@magic.geol.ucsb.edu,

pking@sparky2.esd.mun.ca, raudsepp@unixg.ubc.ca, rjs@almaden.ibm.com,

rmason@kean.ucs.mun.ca, rnielsen@oce.orst.edu,

robert@starav.geology.gla.ak.uk, roeske.@jade.ucdavis.edu,

roeske@jade.ucdavis.edu, schiffman@ucdavis.edu,

shervais@epoch.geol.sc.edu, teska@sx50.lpl.arizona.edu,

valley@geology.wisc.edu, vicenzi@phoenix.princeton.edu,

wagstaff@snmail.jsc.nasa.gov, WAUTIER@GEM.UCL.AC.BE,

wintsch@ucs.indiana.edu, WML5079@geopsun.tamu.edu, wpnash@cc.utah.edu,

yang@snmail.jsc.nasa.gov

Status: OR



Claudio wrote

>I can understand Cameca's worries about independent service being also

>available and that, at some point, their loss may also be ours.



We have tried unsuccessfully over 6 months to obtain a modified service

contract from Cameca. They were completely inflexible. If Cameca loses

service to others it is their own fault. Competition might improve Cameca's

service attitude and performance.



Mike Garcia

Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa