Re: Camera Card Reader

David J Taylor <david-taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
HEMI-Powered wrote:
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Think about it this way: do you expect to actually have to buy a
new car because it literally will no longer run? And, do you expect
to have to pay for some large part of the development cost? No, you
and I EXPECT that new products will be improvements but older ones
will still run fine AND we expect the development costs of our next
new car to be folded into it's price at a competitive value and NOT
at the old monopolistic "whatever the traffic will bear" notion of
Microsoft and the biggest developers.

But, let's not bicker, rather, let's enjoy each other as friends in
this most joyous time of the year. Merry Christmas, David!

Oh, I don't see it as "bickering", Jerry, but a robust discussion amongst
friends! We're never going to agree on everything, and there's a lot to
learn from listening to the alternative point of view. I agree with some
of what you wrote, but not all of it.

I was wondering how soon cars would come into it. Well, I don't know
about the US, but in the UK unleaded petrol (gas) has now gone, so if you
had an older car you did have to upgrade.

But you didn't have to upgrade by buying an entire new car. All you
had to do was to upgrade the valve seats. There were and are plenty of
places which do such conversions. Standard engineering work. And you
didn't have to do that upgrade immediately. You could get by for a
long time by adding your own extra non-lead additives to your tank at
fill up time.

--
Chris Malcolm



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