On 12/7/01 3:17 AM, "Chris Barker" <imagopus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Although I thought that "OEM" stood for Original Equipment
> Manufacturer, I understood it to mean equipment that had *not* been
> made by the manufacturer of the original equipment :>). As I
> understand it, OEM refers to equipment, machines etc... which are
> made for a producer by a another specialist - it is stuff that is
> bought in from another manufacturer, outsourced business. For
> instance, TEAC make video innards, floppy disk drives etc... for
> other manufacturers of those finished goods, but rarely make the
> complete machines themselves; TEAC's stuff is OEM.
>
> Therefore, I would not expect the lens hood marked "Olympus" to be
> OEM, but that Olympus had made it themselves.
>
> Sorry if I am being a little pedantic here... on the other hand,
> please tell me if I am wrong :>).
Yes, you'll also hear it used in that context. To bring it back on topic,
Cosina was the OEM for the OM 2000. But you use it in that context to talk
about something that is sold by one company (under their label usually) but
which was made (or used parts) by another company. But, you can also use it
to refer to the fact that the part in question is a part made by the
original maker, and not a 3rd party replacement. In that context you'd say
something like, "I have an OEM hood for my lens" meaning it was made by the
manufacturer of the lens. If you had a generic hood, you might say something
like, "my hood isn't an OEM hood", or "Hood-co is the OEM for the hood that
I use on my Olypus lens". Basically, it all goes back to who originally made
the parts.
--
Andrew "Frugal" Dacey
frugal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.tildefrugal.net/
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