Having functional junk is no worse than having worn-out junk.
> This is the problem with communications and other satellites that have > long lives. The owners often choose to replace them long before they > wear out because such better models have become avialable in the > interim. > > Yours, > Asa Janney > > > "Gustavo Lacerda (from work)" wrote: > > > > Claim: "auto manufacturers won't make cars that last long (say, 20 years of > > reliable operation) because they would make less money that way". > > > > Your opinion? > > > > Is the technology for reliable vehicles feasible for mass production? Would > > there be enough demand for such vehicles (i.e. the profit margin per vehicle > > is big enough to offset the loss due to fewer sales)? > > > > Gustavo > > -- > If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because > he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, > however measured or far away. > -- Henry David Thoreau, Walden
