I rather suspect, without being an engineer or even a car designer, that
Detroit could learned a bit from the Germans. As indeed could the Brits in the
70s and 80s – in addition to learning some management skills . . .
I also hope that the German form of company governance will win over the US/UK
model.
Chris
> On 21 Jun 19, at 07:21, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On 6/20/2019 10:44 PM, Bill Pearce wrote:
>> Ah, yes, German engineering. Why use two parts when ten will do?
>
> Didn't used to be that way. Way back, Modern did an article about lens
> engineering. They tore down a Leica lens and a third party lens of the same
> FL/speed. The Leica had about 20% of the number parts.
>
> Better Engineered Moose
>
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> What if the Hokey Pokey *IS* what it's all about?
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