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From: tsouth@pro-pac.cts.com (System Administrator)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: New GS ROMs
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Date: 20 Aug 89 10:16:14 GMT
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> From: Doug Gwyn <haven!adm!smoke!gwyn@purdue.edu>
> Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
> Subject: Re: New GS ROMs
> Message-Id: <10768@smoke.BRL.MIL>

> In article <237@ualtamts.BITNET> userDBUG@ualtamts.BITNET (Dan Berry) writes:
>>1.  I paid a rather large sum for a machine that I assumed,
>>at the time of purchase, to be worth the thousands of
>>dollars that I invested into it.  If they upgrade it, then I
>>feel that it's an admission by the said company that their
>>machine wasn't the best even by their standards.

> This is rationalization, not reasoning.  Do you really expect to be
> able to take your automobile back to the dealer when a new model
> comes out and insist on a free upgrade of every component that
> the manufacturer was able to improve between models?

If the company comes out with a new computer controller for the car that
improves its SLUGGISH speed and operation you're damn right that I'm
going to expect some kind of update available for the system!  It may
cost something, but if it's worth it I'll pay the money.  I do not
expect to by another car to improve upon one part!

>>Any company that charges $7 (CDN) for a piece of injection molded
>>plastic reset switches that takes 20 seconds to form deserves what
>>they get.

> What does the time it takes to perform the modling have to do with
> the cost of the part?  It probably costs nearly $7 just to transport
> the part to you, if you figure in all the overhead.

Really, Doug, I wish you'd reconsider this.  I know for a fact that it
cost a company I'm affiliated with a total of $30 for a box of 1,000
IBM replacement keys (wholesale).  I can't believe markup for anything
has this kind of point spotting.

Todd South

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