At 21:02 6.2.2001, Steve Robbins wrote:
What you say is true of today, but of course cars have had a much longer history than computers. I've often wondered how the state of computer technology of today compares with the state of automobile technology of, say, the 1920s. (I don't know myself, and I'd welcome any recommendation of a book that explores this) I suspect that the early car driver also had to be a mechanic. ;-) People's expectation of quality in their automobile has certainly increased, but I do wonder what drives this, if you'll pardon the pun. Didn't high profile lobbyists (Ralph Nader?) pushing governments to enact safety standards have a lot to do with this? -Steve [OK, yes I know this is way off topic.]
This is also off topic, but while safety has propably risen realiability as overall hasn't with cars. New cars have lot more technology that doesn't work like it should. Antti
