[Info-vax] One wonders why people bet their companies on Microsoft based

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In article <BsKdnbc9xujVGUrXnZ2dnUVZ_qOdnZ2d at giganews.com>, "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> writes:
>Bob Koehler wrote:
>> In article <0051fffa$0$1998$c3e8da3 at news.astraweb.com>, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> writes:
>>> Red is also a marketing campaign (I think ot was started by Bono of U2)
>>> where companies make a spacial "Red" version of a product where some of
>>> the proceeds of the sale go towards funding AIDS research/support.
>> 
>>    Yeah, but the red Dodges had to go.  I actually had a red car once,
>>    and I know why they have lower resale value.
>>    
>
>I've been driving a red car for the last ten years or so. It runs like a 
>watch and I have no intention of selling it until it's beyond repair. 
>It's a Honda and if I need to replace it, the replacement will be a 
>Honda!  I might even get a red one!

Son in law had a Honda.  After an engine replacement and then a transmission
replacement and myriad recalls, he'd had enough.  He traded it in for... you
guessed it... another Honda.  I'll never get it.

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