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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:5169 comp.os.linux.misc:34363 comp.os.os2.advocacy:77025 alt.folklore.computers:72365 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!bin.anu.edu.au!nathanh From: nathanh@bin.anu.edu.au (Nathan Hand) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Linux thoroughly insulted by Infoworld! Date: 1 Feb 1995 00:41:46 GMT Organization: Australian National University Lines: 28 Message-ID: <3gmlca$i94@manuel.anu.edu.au> References: <3fv5jm$ie6@plato.simons-rock.edu> <3gdkq2$eu2@acorn.acorn.co.uk> <tgmD35snL.9tn@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 150.203.63.25 X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Thomas G. McWilliams (tgm@netcom.com) wrote: : William Turner (wturner@acorn.co.uk) wrote: : : Sorry, but I'm going to have to stand up for the poor maligned Lada - : : mine _Was_ cheap, but they _DONT_ fall apart (try a head-on with a : : Range Rover & see the RR come off worst), and don't cough gak into : : the air either..... : Finally a breath of truth. The Lada is one of the best examples of : Soviet engineering. When working above the arctic circle I can think : of no finer automobile. The damn thing starts and runs in any weather. : When it comes to cold weather automobiles and hydro-electric power, : give me Soviet technology any day of the week. There is something : about northern engineering which defines the word "robust". Perhaps : operating systems count as well. I wouldnt know about the Lada being robust or not... but I do agree with at least one point you made. The Lada was designed for a very cold, snow-ridden country. You try running a Lada in 40C heat in peak hour traffic then youve got to expect it to break down. It was not designed for those conditions. I bet a Ferrari couldnt handle bush-driving or treks across Antarctica. It makes no sense to bash the Lada based upon its performance in hot, dry countries. -- -------------------------------------+---------------------------- Nathan Hand - nathanh@bin.anu.edu.au | h9304891@student.anu.edu.au "help, help, im being repressed" | perfection is achieved only "ahhh, what you gonna do about it" | on the point of collapse