Then call me crazy because Microsoft is NOT a monopoly. I say this to you from my Linux computer. Nothing makes me buy a Microsoft product and nothing ever will.
You people seem to forget that the consumer is the botom line. If a company does something out of line, don't buy from them. Seek an alternative or make one. No one owes you a cheap way to restore a car YOU chose to have. If it becomes too expensive, then don't do it. Then GM looses. Tim. On Fri, 31 May 2002 08:49:15 -0500 "Capt Crunch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have to agree with Jason and Brad here. GM's patents and rights have long expired. >And I definetly like higher quality stuff, but the real issue for me is the ethics of >GM in this case. I really feel it isn't right. GM's cheap plastic junk today can't >hold up against the competition so let's stick it to guys who like the old stuff. >Heck it is bad enough half the stupid parts for my 1987 pickup are discontinued. Also >it is getting more and more expensive to restore old cars as it is. Heck a $500 >project starter 10 years ago is $3500 or more today depending what exactly it is. > > Also I feel if you want to go to the extra prep work to make a cheap panel fit and >save a few bucks then that is your choice and rightfully so. Also it does keep other >brands in check price-wise. > > IMO it is definetly time for another Teddy Roosevelt in the White House cause BB is >again getting way out of hand. Look at Microsoft... anyone who says that isn't >monopolistic competition is crazy! > > Mikey > > > > "I think this is a question that needs to be definitively > answered. Has GM in fact retained the rights to the > aftermarket parts in question all these years, but > simply chosen not to pursue any sort of licensing > practices until now? It seems to me (and me not being a > lawyer) that had any patents and copyrights expired they > wouldn't be able to do this." > ----------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
