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In <323809EF.5D02@mercury.net>,
Wendy R. Williams <maeven@mercury.net> wrote:

> I can't let that statement go without a reply...It WAS NOT HP It was
> Packard Bell.  People get the two confused because Hewlett PACKARD adn
> PACKARD Bell have similar names (PB did that on purpose to get some of
> HP's Rep)  Hewlett packard is one of the finest companies out there
> (they have their share of problems, but the recent Suit against Packard
> Bell was not one of them.)

Yes, HP is one of the finest companies out there.  Packard, when he
died, recently, left so much money to start a charitable fund that it
is already the world's 3rd largest charitable fund in existense.

They also cut a rather interesting deal with their employees, to avoid
laying them off (when the company was in some financial trouble).
Everone voluntarily took a 20% pay cut in exchange for not having to
work Fridays.  These people liked their jobs so much that almost no
one left.

Take that AT&T.

Moving on.  Packard Bell sucks rocks really hard.  I wouldn't buy one
of their computers unless it came with another one that would actually
work.  Their machines re shoddy, have one of the industries highest
return rates, and are overpriced.  To top it all off, they reuse parts
and don't label the machines as containing old parts.  After the
lawsuit was started, they tried to stave it off by saying they would
include labeling stating "contains parts from other computers, works,
etc.." but only on the _inside_ of the box.  So you wouldn't know
about the used parts until after you bought the computer.

I think the suit was settled, against PB, just recently.

> > I like, Apple. Apple might
> > be going thru a lot of rough times, but their products do work well and if
> > they only had Microsofts marketing machine then they could have owned the
> > world like MS.

You know what?  Apple might have turned into MS if they had gotten 90%
market share with their old way of thinking.  MACs are great, but
innovation always gets hurt when one company does everything and has
no competition.

That being said, I'm realising, just recently, that I will be a lot
happier in life if I support companies that make products that I want,
not companies that have huge market share.

I try to avoid buying products where the company is going bankrupt or
will dissapear tomorrow (Apple is neither), but other than that, I'll
buy what helps me get the job done.  MACs do that, very very well.  My
new Newton does that, very very well.

I help Apple by buying Apple products (or PowerComputing products :)
and support my shareware authors by registering their products.  If
MAC owners can show that they are better than PC owners by registering
their shareware more often, and suporting smaller MAC firms that make
great products, we can make the MAC market share explode.

OK, enough for now.

Joshua
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