You know, when they put those things in there they were "the new wonderful"; capacity of an electrolytic in the space of a epoxy ceramic, crazy high ripple tolerance/low ESR, and AT THE TIME they expected them to be just as stable as ceramics.
It isn't their fault the projections were SO wrong.
Hating them for being what they are isn't a healthy way of looking at anything.
mnem
I used to be new and wonderful... *Sigh* wonder how folks will hate me for being old and busted when I'm old.... and busted....