Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!ames!killer!vector!nobody From: mcvax!rsp.is!orn@uunet.UU.NET (Orn E. Hansen) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: AT&T alleges dumping Message-ID: Date: 20 Jan 89 22:57:29 GMT Sender: chip@vector.UUCP Lines: 35 Approved: telecom-request@vector.uucp X-Submissions-To: telecom@bu-cs.bu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.uucp X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 23, message 9 In article , algor2!jeffrey@uunet.UU.NET (jeffrey) writes: > > AT&T is perfectly capable of beating the Japanese by producing a quality, > reasonably priced product--and of selling it in Japan. Not to even try is > unworthy of a company which represents the very best of business in > America, and therefore the world. > -- > As a non-American it is very annoying to read statements like the one above in articles. If you'd care to re-read your artice, you will notice that you tend to talk of America as it was the whole WORLD. The total population in America is only about 1/10th of the world. Americans are not Europeans, Asians etc., even though you sometimes seem to think so. Further more, some products I have seen and used made in the US are not made in top quality. Years ago, when you peeked into products made in Europe and America you'd notice that Europeans had everything neatly positioned while Americans obviously were manufacturing cheap, but good compared to it's price. The Japanese have outsmarted you on that one, they produce quality products at low cost. Quality manufactured cheap. Europeans are beginning to produce DRAM's that are bigger and even East-Europeans are gaining on the West's lead in Electronics. The space shuttle the russians manufactured showed that their Computer knowledge is far far far greater than anyone suspected. So, mine freund, it's not only the Japanese! =========================================================================== [Moderator's Note: I had sworn off publishing *anything* further in the 'AT&T alleges dumping' category. This Digest is not really the proper forum for a long-term discussion on the merits of American made versus foreign made anything. But this one item did come in which rebutted an earlier message and in the interest of fairness I am including it today, assuming that our overseas correspondent may get the Digest or comp.dcom.telecom on a somewhat delayed basis and not been able to answer until now. But as of now, please move the discussion elsewhere. Thank you. P. Townson]