my Pentium 2 is still chugging away right here next to me, best little firewall i ever had.
On Sun, 2005-01-16 at 19:06 +0100, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > On Sunday 16 January 2005 05:04, Ted Ozolins wrote: > > > > > We the consumers are to blame for that. For years we have accepted > > cheaper faster bleeding edge gadgets and never complained. We buy newer > > cars, the latest home entertainment gadgets and very seldom look at the > > finish of the product. If the automotive industry had tried to sell us > > plastic interior el cheapo looking vehicles in the 60's or 79's as they > > do today, we'd have run them out of town. Today we accept them without > > as much as a hint of disgust. As long as we want cheaper, faster and > > more, they'll make more cheaper, faster. > > I would not only blame the consumers... > > 70years ago, you could buy a vacuum cleaner, that would also work as blower > and kitchen machine. This old stuff is still working. > Buy a vacuum cleaner today, and it will be broken after 2-3 years. > > Today, stuff is built to break as soon as the warranty period is over. NO > manufacturer wants, that you are able to use his stuff for years... > > Cheap, cheaper the cheapest is one side, but even if you buy highprized > stuff, > you will get crap. That is the real problem. You can not flee the crap > anymore :( > > Shorttime money and 'shareholder value' is more important, than costumer > satisfication.... > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > > -- Douglas James Dunn cell: (724) 316-8266 Secretary Phi Mu Delta Mu Theta chapter Indiana University of Pennsylvania () The ASCII Ribbon Campaign - against HTML Email, /\ vCards, and proprietary formats. . .vir. d$b .d$$$$$$b. .cd$$b. .d$$b. d$$$$$$$$$$$b .d$$b. .d$$b. $$$$( )$$$b d$$$()$$$. d$$$$$$$b Q$$$$$$$P$$$P.$$$$$$$b. .$$$$$$$b. Q$$$$$$$$$$B$$$$$$$$P" d$$$PQ$$$$b. $$$$. .$$$P' `$$$ .$$$P' `$$$ "$$$$$$$P Q$$$$$$$b d$$$P Q$$$$b $$$$b $$$$b..d$$$ $$$$b..d$$$ d$$$$$$P" "$$$$$$$$ Q$$$ Q$$$$ $$$$$ `Q$$$$$$$P `Q$$$$$$$P $$$$$$$P `""""" "" "" Q$$$P "Q$$$P" "Q$$$P" `Q$$P" """ -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list