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Challenge for Ford and GM: To Stay in Business [view article]
I just returned from France, where I rented a Renault Clio (157 inches long) and drove more than 400 miles on France's extremely well maintained highways (for which I paid a lot in tolls). Regular gas (95 octane) was 1.60 euros per liter, which works out to about $9.50/gallon at the current exchange rate. I paid more for the fuel than for the car rental, even at 31 mpg (I did the conversion from liters/km). The price of fuel is comparable in other western European countries -- both Ford and GM have a major presence in the UK and Germany, and sell fuel-efficient (and very small) cars there that they don't offer in the US. Maybe they should think about balancing the Tahoe and the Excursion with some of these vehicles; they might sell better than GM would expect, particularly in major cities like Boston, Seattle and San Francisco. They wouldn't have to offer them in every dealership, since there is probably no market for such vehicles in Houston or Montana. These moves might not save Ford and GM from bankruptcy, but they would give potential car buyers some additional alternatives if and when they check out a showroom. Jul 03 10:49 AM.Me: Apple's Missing Link [view article]
I wonder what it would take to "untrench" Colin from his unhealthy relationship with Windows, assuming that he is open to the possibility of abandoning Microsoft's bloated OS, and the time-consuming tasks of removing spyware and viruses from his machine(s). Perhaps he is unaware that most of his files can be easily transferred and managed under MacOS, even without running a virtualized Windows environment on the Mac. Yes, there are some changes in the user interface, and you might need some new software licenses, but you will save time and money in many different ways. If someone like Colin has seen the light and won't change, then we should all go out and buy stock in Microsoft, since that means the troglodytes will hang on indefinitely. Jun 02 02:29 PM