A Rolls-Royce does not cost $100, a computer does... what about GM...
"If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as thecomputer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per
gallon, ...
- Robert X. Cringely
* We are yet not fully aware of the fact...
* Enjoy your computer... even with it fails
: one reset more and it restarts
: ... too many resets, then switch to Linux...
Automobile industry
* Is it worth spending taxes money on it?
* Don't YOU think taxes money would be better used in more profitable
industries?
- JFA
Robert X. Cringely is the pen name of both technology journalist Mark
Stephens and a string of writers for a column in InfoWorld, the
one-time weekly computer trade newspaper published by IDG, which is
now entirely electronic.
... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_X._Cringely
