On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 8:57 AM, Virgil Bierschwale <[email protected]>wrote:
> Not sure it is funny or not. > I've been told that the automotive manufacturers must support their > products > for 20 years which means keeping spare parts available. > > To me, that sounds like they are taking care of their customers. > Whereas the software industry seems to want to force new products on their > customers rather than maintain their existing products. > > Which makes me wonder, if we keep on this path, and their customers can no > longer afford to upgrade their products, where will our software > manufacturers be at if like J.C. Penny's, they have forsaken their customer > base? > ------------------------- OEM generate the parts not the big 3. Not sure what support their products means? Have a staff to fix a 20 year old truck? Ability to get body panels etc.? Or staff trained to work on a vehicle? That is a complex beast to identify. -- Stephen Russell Sr. Analyst Ring Container Technology Oakland TN 901.246-0159 cell --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CAJidMYKyF1b24p4i2t=-qwhjrmvkry_onyfjjtqk9atc5ks...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
