From: "Brandon Van Every" <vanevery AT blarg DOT net>
Newsgroups: comp.programming,rec.games.programmer,comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Do you want to learn C?
Date: 28 Apr 1998 17:12:27 GMT
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Judson McClendon <judmc123 AT mindspring DOT com> wrote in article 
>
> You do not have to have a mechanic on your payroll to keep
> your automobile running.

Would that it were true.  :-(
Fuck Ford, I'll never buy American again.

> You do not need an electrical engineer on
> your payroll to keep your stereo and TV working.  Computers are sold
> to the general public at Sears and Wal-Mart.  If they are appliances,
> then they should be as stable as appliances.  If not, they shouldn't
> be sold as such.

They aren't sold as such.  The movement in industry is to try to get them
to the point where they can be sold as such.


Cheers,
Brandon Van Every