Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!sco!kurth
From: kurth@sco.COM (Kurt Hutchison)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Info-Atari16 Digest V88 #330
Summary: rec.autos maybe
Message-ID: <470@scolex>
Date: 1 Aug 88 20:53:16 GMT
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If I had to cite which country makes the best cars,
neither the U.S. or G. Britain would near the top of the list.

Germany (mercedes, porsche), Italy (Ferrari, Lamborghini), and Japan (cheap
reliable cars) would be my list.

American cars are getting better but the reliability is
still significantly behind Japan and Germany (Consumer reports).

Rolls Royces are a Joke (my opinion).  Comparable to a Billion Dollar Barge,
they are big, heavy and slow, and are virtually indestructible.
They are years behind in the usage of state-of the art technology
both in manufacturing and design (why pay for hand-built when a
machine can do it better).  In all fairness, RR's are a good investment
in a car, they hold their value well.  Real estate does better though.

Mercedes has the best engineering in the world (from interviews
with engineers who work at American car companies), Porsche is not far behind.
Depends on what kind of car you want.

Sorry about a serious response to facetious messages but
American cars?  Rolls Royces?  Really!

If I had to compare computers with cars, IBM would be the Americans
(has most of the U.S. market with mediocre machines), The Mac would be
Honda (decent and sells a lot), and the Amiga would be Volkswagen (good
cars, higher performance in basic models, and more maintenance (The OS is
better but more complicated)).

The ST is undeniably the Hundai of the computer world. :-)

There aren't any computers that come to mind as Ferrari's or Porsche's.
Maybe a screamin' 25 MHZ 386.  Computer technology just changes too rapidly
for me to associate it with such venerable names as Porsche and Ferrari.
You can't speak the name Intel (or Motorola or National) with the same
reverence as you can when you say "PORSCHE"!

When you say "Porsche", you've said it all...

			- kurth
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Kurt Hutchison		The Santa Cruz Operation	Software Engineer
Trumpet player, synth player, pianist, cyclist, philosopher at large
The above opinions (if any) are my own