You are wrong.
*Original* means ''the first", "not secondary'" , Also- "being the first
instance or source from which a copy can be made."
George S.
imagopus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> 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 :>).
>
> Chris
>
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