Mavrick wrote:
>
>
> On 11/4/05, *michael hast* <evylrobot19@cox.net
> <mailto:evylrobot19@cox.net>> wrote:
>
>
> M$ hasn't ever been reliable. Why should they start all of a sudden?
> If it is everything they say it is, they won't release it. Just like
> Detroit. They DIDN'T put a Wenkle-style rotary engine in the
> Corvette
> because they realized that it wouldn't wear out. NASA can build a
> probe
> that can functionally fly through space for thirty years without human
> contact and yet we can't build a car that will out-do 150k miles
> without
> a struggle. It's called planned obsalecence. They won't release
> anything that's too good, because then, what's the incentive to
> buy the
> next one?
>
> --Michael
>
>
>
> Sure, NASA can build a probe/spacecraft as you say. I'm sure that
> GM/Ford/DiamlerChrysler could do the same with a car if given the
> governmental subsidies/budgets that NASA receives. I don't know about
> you, but I sure don't want to pay $865 million (cost to date of the
> Voyager/Voyager II programs --
> http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/didyouknow.html) for a grocery
> getter.
touche!
> What Paul had to say about customer-driven economies is pretty close
> to the mark. Without realizing it we do have a say.
>
> Just my $.02. Peace
>
> Mav
>
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