On Wed, October 8, 2014 14:49, Les Mikesell wrote:
On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 1:33 PM, Digimer lists@alteeve.ca wrote:
On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 1:22 PM, Digimer lists@alteeve.ca wrote:
Airbags, ABS, Traction Control, ACE compatibility, stronger survival space, better fuel economy, more comfortable...
I think I've forgotten what user interfaces these break. Did they take away the steering wheel to add them?
You cropped out the second half of my analogy, which explained why I thought the analogy applied.
Umm, no. They are pretty much backwards compatible. Otherwise you'd have to go through new training and testing to be certified as a driver when you buy a new car. And car vendors know better than to do that to their customers.
Car vendors might behave differently however. Particularly if they obtained revenue from the necessary retraining and profited from the licensing procedures.
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James B. Byrne