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Originally Posted by dlavery
- The vast majority of teams (>90%) do not have access to anything near state-of-the-art manufacturing capabilities. Many teams don't even have a lathe or milling machine. Teams with access to advanced facilities already have a competitive advantage. Allowing those teams to utilize their facilities to manufacture parts after the ship date just results in widening the competitive gap between the "haves" and "have-nots."
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This came up in our team meeting today:
I'm not sure that this rule helps the "have-nots" and hurts the "haves". Think of the "haves" with the CNC machines. It's trivial to make spares of every thing. Thus they have no reason to work after, unless they were redesigning stuff, which has been legal in the past.
Now, think about the "have-nots". To make spares of every part, they have to work almost twice as hard. They are the ones that benefit from being able to make spares. They are the ones that benefit from being able to make spare parts after the 6 week period.