preserving / ressurecting old docs?

From: Michael Maginnis <celt_at_chisp.net>
Date: Mon Jun 25 15:57:21 2001

R. D. Davis wrote:

> On Mon, 25 Jun 2001, Ethan Dicks wrote:
>
>>--- John Foust <jfoust_at_threedee.com> wrote:
>>



<snip>


> This problem with the output from inkjet printers running and laser
> printers being unuseable for long-term storage is yet another example
> of the preponderance of poor-quality engineering and poor product
> quality foisted upon consumers by corporations. Have others here
> noticed an increasing proliferation of misleading and down-right
> deceptive advertising, and more wide-spread decreases in product
> quality ranging from disappointing to unuseable, over the past decade
> or so? I'm not just referring to computer equipment, but to products
> ranging from basic necessities such as food to more expensive items
> like automobiles. It seems like the more companies tout that ISO
> ?000, or whavever, "quality certification," the worse things seem to
> get, as do the prices, which seem to rise inversely with changes in
> product quality and convenience. I'll bet that many corporations have
> adoped, if you'll pardon the language, "screw the consumer and rake in
> the money" as their motto.
>


<snip>

It didn't take the computer industry very long to figure out what the
auto manufacturers have known for years: building high-quality (machines
/ devices, etc), relatively inexpensive parts is bad for business. Do
it for too long and you'll put yourself out of business.

Mike

http://tarnover.dyndns.org/
Tarnover - The Apple II Repository

 
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