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Subject: Re: Free Google sat-nav shakes market Posted on: 29 Oct 2009 18:43:59 CDT

In news:0001HW.C70FD167001FF054B01029BF@news.virginmedia.com Mike Lane
wrote:

> Hopefully though it may encourage gps people like Garmin to go back to
> serious navigational aids as they used to make, rather than the
> consumer tat that they produce nowadays.

I'm a consumer; what's wrong with making a product for me?

Selling a few million pieces of "consumer tat" will keep a company alive
(and its investors and employees happy) better than selling a few
thousand "serious navigation aids."

--
Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN bert@iphouse.com

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