-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:49:44 -0800 Denis Heidtmann wrote: > On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 4:13 PM, Michael Rasmussen > <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 01:44:01PM -0800, Denis Heidtmann >>> wrote: >>>>> On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 12:08 PM, Tim >>>>> <[email protected] wrote: <snip> >>>>>>> I've had numerous LiteOn drives die on me over the >>>>>>> years. I don't buy anything from them anymore.
I have a LiteOn CD/DVD drive in my desktop system and it's always done everything that I've needed it to do, including burning and reading CD and miniCD discs. Granted, I'm not a user of DVDs, but it seems solid. ENU sold me this drive, and I don't think it would carry this brand if there were a lot of warranty returns and complaints. It might have got better than the bad old LiteOn that you might remember from years ago. Microsoft will always be Microsoft: dishonest, corrupt and scheming to screw everyone else, including its partners, developers and customers. But some Asian companies do learn and improve over time - they have to or they'll get overtaken by those that adapt better - that is the way. In the '60s there were cheap transistor radios made by Japaneses firms no one had ever heard of - odd names like Sony, Toshiba and Panasonic. And a couple of Japanese companies made motorcycles. I had a Honda 90, and later a Yamaha 250. And yes I nearly killed myself on both of 'em. A few years later, Honda was selling cars in the US. I bought one, and I don't think I ever did more than change the oil in it, occasionally. By the mid-80s, US automakers were in trouble, the Japanese cars were killing them. What happened? Deming taught Japan statistic discipline. Assess the present products from Asian sources. Don't go by reputation from years ago. Those companies can change fairly quickly, to survive. Sorry for the long post, but I thought this deserved some context here. Regards, Robert -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk7pNIcACgkQ+qYMIUkNJCyHtgCeMFLw/Y48SpYoPg6swU3i+sBa Y8EAoLFNCx0MtfVrAFXGFTe4v7q96Ghc =bftg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
