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Re: 2001 740 TimePort Phones (archive)
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Posted by Jah-Wren Ryel on August 04, 2001 at 18:20:31:

In Reply to: Re: 2001 740 TimePort Phones posted by dlewellen on August 04, 2001 at 15:58:22:


Bryon:
Why don't you just stop at a pay phone and gamble 35 or 50 cents on getting the party you desire. I guess mere mortals work at Motorola as well as Microsoft, unlike the Einsteins at Matrix.

Byron is absolutely right - correct operation of the phone should not even be an issue for a $70k car. Embedded programming of this nature does not require genius, just good software engineering practices - it is not like the phone is a missile targetting system or anything extraordinarily complex.

Everytime someone acts like owning a car is like belonging to the design team ("woo-hoo team 740!") and gets all defensive about legitimate criticisms, I just have to laugh. You may prefer that your accessories be broken and incomplete - in which case you should refrain from installing any software or hardware fixes, from a TSB, or otherwise. But don't tell others who prefer that their cars work right to love-it-or-leave.

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