"John Oram" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If I remember correctly a part of the American auto buyers change from > "big iron built in America" to Japanese vehicles was a tariff loophole > allowed a lower tariff rate for the import of Asian pickup trucks > without a bed (sorry I don't know the European name for it). The pickup > bed was (and is) built in the USA and attached in the USA. [...]
My own sad part of the tale was a recent as the early 1990's, when I acquired a Dodge B250 van and a new Ford Taurus. Both were riddled with problems, and I finally went with Nissans and haven't looked back since. I really WANTED to "buy American" (relatives in the assembly business) but after the 2nd brake re-do on the Taurus, and the van stalling out in the middle of precarious left turns, I figured the hell with THIS, and started looking at other options. I wasn't thinking analogy so much as expressing a hope that we see a similar shift in attitudes towards Windows. Hopefully as more folks read up on the latest security fiasco, and reboot after the 2nd blue screen of the day, they'll say the hell with THIS and think in terms of alternatives. That's preferable in my mind to the government either trying to "fix" Microsoft (there's a scary thought) or worse, limiting consumer choices (I don't trust THEM either!). OK, so analogies get silly very quickly, but the pickup-with-no-bed DOES sort of fit... nah. I won't go there! :) - Bob To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
