From: "Matt Hapgood" <hapgoodm94@alum.darden.edu>
To: <lancair.list@olsusa.com>
Subject: RE: Ritchie Electronic Compass
Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2002 19:46:35 -0400
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Hamid -

I stay out of most of these types of discussions, but the tone of your email
is so strong that my fingers couldn't sit still.  Would you have spoken as
loudly against the ability of the transistor to replace tube technology?
That was a major change in thought that allowed a tremendous leap in
capability vs. cost.  Are you saying that no such further technological
leaps are possible, therefore we should summarily dismiss leading edge
products (ps. your own product may fall into such a category).

Please don't be so naive as to think that just because something costs less
it isn't as good.  When Acura and Lexus introduced cars, they cost a whole
lot less than Cadillacs and Lincolns - should we have all refused to
consider them as good products because they were cheaper (and it wasn't a
volume game then either).  Just call it superior technology, superior
design, and better quality control.

Matt

> You can learn from Jim's experience, or you can try it for yourself.
>  The choice is yours.  Maybe you have the power to claim an exception to
> the laws of physics & economics.  You will never know till you try.

> You can have low cost hardware or you can have reliable hardware.  You
> can have either, but not both.  As I said earlier, the choice is yours.
>
> Hamid

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