I am just asking the questions !  so others can also learn and understand the bigger picture.

What they need is 50 Aussies on the production line.  

I asked the question about WOZ and JJP Nick to see if they will follow suit with the same design boards, making this the norm, or will they go back to the older methods ? 

If i got a solid 10 yrs out of a Stern board, then the replacement was only a few hundred bucks I would be reasonably happy. Not many whitegood/electronic things in any industry last 10 years these days, not even new cars which cost 4 times as much.
Nothing anymore has a 20 or 40 year use by date anymore. They dont build em' like they used to.