Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!uwm.edu!lll-winken!telecom-request From: cbmvax!.UUCP!robert@uunet.uu.net (Robert L. Oliver) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: User's Evaluation of Handheld Cellular: Fujitsu vs Motorola Message-ID: Date: 27 Mar 91 00:48:01 GMT Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Organization: Rabbit Software Corp. Lines: 54 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 244, Message 6 of 9 john@zygot.ati.com (John Higdon) writes: > Craig Ibbotson writes: >> Call me a blind patriot (and possibly a blind Motorola employee) but >> if the two of these portables come up even (as was suggested), I would >> have to think people in the U.S. would opt for the phone that is made >> in America by American workers for an American company. > I must disagree most strenuously with the apparent > statement in the quoted paragraph. Being made in America is NOT a > reason to buy anything. One should buy on the basis of need and > fulfillment. If one's needs are fulfilled by a product and the price > is right, it should be purchased. To buy product just because it is > "American" possibly rewards a company for building inferior wares. > (Definitely not the case with Motorola.) First off, Craig said only that he suggested going with the American phone *IF* it came up even technically and price-wise. Thus one is not rewarding a company for building inferior wares. One is using "American made" to decide a tie. Motorola products are good in large part because Motorola is now using Total Quality techniques that the Japanese learned from Demming (who was originally ignored in the U.S.). Second, [asbestos on, and please don't everyone start a news war, at least not in this group] I seriously believe that the current recession we're in (I don't know about the West Coast, but it's quite evident on the East Coast) is a derivative or our trade imbalance with the Japanese. There are many reasons for this, ranging from simply better/cheaper Japanese products (especially in the past) to unfair Japanese trade practices to incompetent public officials in the U.S. Our government has not only allowed unfair practices to occur, but has further worsened the situation by propping up the economy by selling Treasury paper to the Japanese. The U.S. deficit looms large because the U.S. government is doing things with a huge Visa card that an individual would never be allowed to do. They'd be bankrupt and in court by now. [adding more layers of asbestos] I personally don't want my children or grandchildren flipping burgers for a living. Let's keep some viable companies and jobs in the U.S. by providing quality products and services and buying American whenever reasonable. Robert Oliver Rabbit Software Corp. 215 993-1152 7 Great Valley Parkway East robert@hutch.Rabbit.COM Malvern, PA 19355 ...!uunet!cbmvax!hutch!robert [Moderator's Note: Thanks for your comments, and to avoid the flame war you mention, we probably should close this topic. Thanks to all who have provided input. PAT]