Re: Fastcode Community Social

From: Dennis (marianndkc_at_home3.gvdnet.dk)
Date: 12/28/04

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    Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 13:37:03 +0100

    Hi Franck C

    > I hope you'll feel better soon.

    Thanks.

    > In France, we prefer "Monsieur Zimmerman" (or "Docteur Zimmerman), it is
    > enough. "Salut" is not possible (= Hi) and "Cher docteur Peter
    > Zimmerman" gives the impression that you want to marry with him :-)

    Yes ;-) I never understood why "Dear" could be used in a business letter.

    > Europeans cars are so differents ... Even only in Italy, cars are
    > different ... Think about very expensives cars and very cheap cars :-)
    > Germans cars are very different from french cars too.

    Yes that is correct and a Toyota is very different from Chrysler, but
    quality wise (no of bugs) japanese cars are better than european cars which
    are better than american cars.

    Amongst european cars the german cars have traditionally been better than
    the french cars which are better than italian cars. But german cars have had
    quality problems lately and I personally do not rate them higher than french
    cars. But I would prefer driving a BMW over a Toyota anytime if I do not
    have to pay the cost ;-)
    The northcorean cars are getting better and better in quality and are better
    than Audi, VW and Mercedes, but again driving a SLR, S8 or a Phaeton is a
    lot more funny than driving a Hundai Accent ;-)
    If you want to arrive at time at work everyday you would buy a Toyota and
    not a Ferrari. In a Ferrari you would arrive far to early for a few weeks
    and then you would need a new clutch. Then after 40000 km you would probably
    need a new gearbox.
    I am driving a Citroen ZX and it is not the most buggy Citroen ever made,
    but it still has a lot of problems. It is never really ok. A lot of C3's and
    C5's selfignited and burned out. I asked my neighbor how he dared to park
    his new C5 so close to his house, but this was not funny ;-)

    > > I believe I also see this tendency in SW from Borland and Microsoft. The
    big
    > > picture is fine, but details are often messy. I think that the latest
    Delphi
    > > release shows many signs of unfinished work in the details.

    > Today, who delivers a finished work at the first time ?? :-)

    Yes that is the major problem with SW. Companies tend to think that it is ok
    to deliver crap if you make sure there is a webupdate ready know and then. I
    cannot think of any products having such a poor quality as SW. Mobile phones
    come close, but their major problems are SW related too. I would never buy a
    refrigerator that needed a webupdate to do what it is supposed to do. What
    about having a car where the engine deadlocked twice a day and used 2 l of
    fuel to run a km?

    > Wait for the new year first :-)

    I will :-)

    > Franck

    Best regards
    Dennis

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