OT: Assaulted Over Linux

[Tyler Aviss]

On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 12:07 AM, Madison Kelly <linux-5ZoueyuiTZhBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Thomas Milne wrote:
>>
>> what's that quote about 'then they fight you, then you win'? ;)
>
> I've never understood how, in the USA, the land of free markets, there can
> so often be the attitude that they're taking our jurbs!".
>
> Either they make a better product.
> Or they sell it at a better price.
> Or they offer better service.
> Or some combination of the three.
>
>  In any instance, it's the free market at play, isn't it?
>
>  It's the same with these damned bumber stickers I see "Still have a job?
> Then keep driving foreign.". Sorry, If a company can do better than you,
> then you need to work harder.
>
> Madi
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>> "Still have a job? Then keep driving foreign."

It amazes me that people (in both Canada and the US), would rather
blame my intelligent purchasing decisions over somebody else's poor
business decisions. If the N American auto manufacturers made cars
that were as reliable and efficient as overseas models, then I'd
imagine more people would buy them. Instead they over-banked on
resource-guzzlers and squandered their profits in countless poor
decisions. These are the company heads that flew in to basically beg
for taxpayer money using private jets. Waste and overconsumption is a
lifestyle to them, and they simple don't seem to be able to think any
other way.

You see very similar patterns the same thing in the computer industry.
Yes, some people are willing to spend money on a resource-sucking,
poorly designed (security-wise) OS, and in some causes it suits their
needs (just like some people do *need* a large truck, etc). However,
others want to spend their money in a way that meets their needs more
efficiently, and don't want to spend a wad of cash every few years to
buy a few glitzy features but less performance. MS et al have plenty
of money, and it's likely they'll manage to pull up before a nosedive
akin to the auto-industry, but the initial excesses and poor decisions
are still the same.
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