........
>
>I am afraid I do not like it either, however there *is* a reason for the
>continuous changes. It has to do with business cycles, consumption of
>goods, competetion, and barriers to competition. In other words, it's part
>of the greater strategy to get more of your money from your pocket into
>"theirs." Enough of our society has gotten hooked on having to have the
>"latest and greatest" that it has become profitable to continuously change.
............
>[Mount Soapbox]
>[Begin Rant]
>This is not incredibly new, but the business cycle for it has shortened.
.........
>Token Olympus Content:
>I refuse to be suckered by this. It's why I still have OM and Rollei
>hardware after two decades and why everything is 35mm except for a 645
>which takes the other standard: 120/220.
>[End Rant]
>[Dismount Soapbox]
..........
>-- John
There speaks a man who has remembered at least some of his of his MBA
teaching (I'm 2 exams away from mine).
Resisting obsolescence is one of the reasons that I buy (or justify buying
anyway) things like OM and Mac. I was really cross however when my monitor
developed a fault after only 15 months - I aim to keep what I buy for years
and years.
Chris
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