In a message dated 7/16/2007 11:11:00 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >U.S. Government budgets are quite often penny-wise and pound-foolish. Money won't be spent to upgrade to 3390-type geometry because competent people that can do that sort of work well simply won't work for the pittance that government service offers. I have known some very competent people, and also some morons, who worked for the U.S. government. The same statement is true for non-government workplaces I have inhabited. Even if the government had no competent people, they contract out work all the time to firms with competent people. I upgrade my automobile geometry every few years by purchasing a new one built by extremely competent auto engineers, but I have zero competence in auto engineering and intend to keep it at the zero level. Bill Fairchild Plainfield, IL
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