Earl, Buy Apple!!! David A. Douthit Manager LoCan LLC Earl Moon wrote: > Brian, > > Very well stated, as usual, providing images of a mousy sort. I knew you > know lots of stuff, but I didn't know you were/are a world famous rodent > resuscitator. Outstanding surgical skills. Too bad they couldn't be used on > the world's richest man's conscience. A lobotomy or sorts might make his > quality dedication a bit stronger. A shame he's all most of can count on to > make himself richer. > > I know the mouse of which you speak. I to tried to move to wired optical > but, because of exactly your problem, I returned to the conojones variety. > My saying used to be, before my illuminated pointing device emitted its last > photon. no Raton cojones aqui. > > Worked with Logitech some time back. Unlike Microsuck, their balls were too > small so skipping and lack of resolution was a problem. Tried to tell them > larger is better but they continued making not so well endowed versions. I > wouldn't consider their devices now so I keep a large stock of Microsoft's > top of the line beastys as insurance - exactly for the reasons you state. > Amazing how so many of us rely so heavily on these things and how faulty > they can become. Even a small grain of salt can mess up your CADday. > > Gates and his cronies grew up cons. They're like so many of the Silicon > Gulch versions I dealt with for many years. It's all they've ever known but > for how to "borrow" others' ideas and convert them for personal gain (worked > at the "Big X" for a time and saw what they loaned out). When you have this > mentality, quality is only as good as the current version. What happens next > is a bigger con promising all previous versions' problems will be a thing of > the past. For this type quality, we pay ever increasing prices at the pump. > It's universal and until we all make a stand, it continues unabated. Who's > fault is it anyway? > > The "culture" at Microsuck will not change. Therefore, its quality will not > improve. That is why I started this diatribe. It is an example of management > cloning itself regularly while the rest of us see the same old picture at a > much higher ticket price. > > Thanks Brian. I needed that. > > MoonMan > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d > To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in > the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet > To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL > To recieve ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest > Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives > Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional > information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL To recieve ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------