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From: jimomura@lsuc.UUCP (Jim Omura)
Newsgroups: can.politics
Subject: Re: High Duties => Increased Competitiveness?
Message-ID: <794@lsuc.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 18-Sep-85 00:53:28 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 18 00:53:28 1985
Date-Received: Wed, 18-Sep-85 01:11:35 EDT
References: <1394@utcsri.UUCP> <2186@mnetor.UUCP> <5966@utzoo.UUCP>
Reply-To: jimomura@lsuc.UUCP (Jim Omura)
Organization: Barrister & Solicitor, Toronto
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Summary: Canadian Quality

In article <5966@utzoo.UUCP> henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) writes:
>> ...  Particularly, since the Japanese seem
>> to think that Japanese products are of higher quality.
>
>Don't forget that this is not just a Japanese prejudice; often it is
>a verifiable fact.
>-- 
>				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
>				{allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!henry

     The highest overall quality cameras
and lenses are made in Canada
(Wilde-Leitz in Midland, Ontario).
 
     I think that they still make Volvos
on the East coast don't they?  At any
rate, it's well know in the auto industry
that the Canadian plants produce almost
uniformly better products than their
U.S. counterparts.  Chrysler knew it,
Ford knew it, GM knew it.  This is why
so many new products are launched with
Canadia production lines.
 
     From What I hear, QNX is better
than MS-DOS (QNX is mainly Canadian)
and NAPLPS really is *excellent*.
 
     There seem to be more good PC-clone
circuit boards of high quality made in
Canada for OEM's than in the US.
 
     I hear that the British still make
just about the best Stereo equipment,
but there's nothing really special
about it.  You can get ultra-high
quality stereo equipment made in Canada
if you check around.
 
     The Bionic Beaver (CemComp?) is
likewise a very nice computer from what
I've seen and heard (haven't tried it)
and probably because it comes with
QNX standard.  It's selling fairly well
in the US.  Too bad the Canadian Schools
don't seem to be buying it.
 
     Northern Telicom and Mitel are
well known to most of us.  Gandalf is
fairly respected.  AES word processors
sold very well world-wide (Lanier in the
US) as does Micom (through Philips).
Both have been at times the best rated
word processing systems available by
various experts.
 
     We produce some pretty good stuff
here.
 
                        Cheers! -- Jim O.

-- 
James Omura, Barrister & Solicitor, Toronto
ihnp4!utzoo!lsuc!jimomura