On Wed, October 8, 2014 14:49, Les Mikesell wrote: > On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 1:33 PM, Digimer <lists at alteeve.ca> wrote: >> >> On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 1:22 PM, Digimer <lists at 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. -- *** E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB at Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3