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

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <goGdnYaCGYJ2UUrXnZ2dnUVZ_g1i4p2d at giganews.com>,
	"Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> writes:
> VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>> 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.
>> 
> 
> Maybe we just bought the right years and models!

My daughter is a diehard Honda Accord driver.  Personally, I find the
car uncomfortable (both for the driver and passengers), a poor handler
and gutless.  But then, that's why they make so many differnt makes and
models.

bill
 

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