[geeks] SPARC proprietary (waaaay off topic)

[Phil Stracchino]

On Mon, Oct 06, 2003 at 01:07:56PM -0600, Dan Duncan wrote:
> As I recall, 'Phil Stracchino' wrote:
> > We've been pretty pleased with our Intrepid R/T.  The base model and the
> > SE are mushbuckets, but the R/T's not bad (though not in the league of a
> > 540i or my old Z28).  Unfortunately, the average American buyer actually
> > seems to prefer *not* to have any idea what's happening under the tires 
> > or the hood.
> 
> Surely this doesn't surprise you.  Most people run Windows, too. 
> They're far too concerned with how many cupholders the car has
> to bother learning to drive it and how it works, so they just
> buy automatic transmissions instead.

The exact same analogy had occurred to me, as it happens.  :)


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