RichA wrote:
On 19 Jun 2005 08:17:38 -0700, "RMOLLISE" wrote:



Roger Hamlett wrote:
Start by getting your data right.
Synta is a _Taiwanese_ company, not a Chinese company.

Now, now, don't go confusin' Rich with _facts_! :-)

Personally, I don't care much if they use Mainland
Chinese workers, but you can't possibly think that
your argument makes sense.

Hi:

Which argument, Rich? That Taiwan isn't "COMMUNIST"? Last time I
checked, it isn't. Kinda the opposite.

Does that mean I think moving all our manufacturing (and by "our" I
mean the U.S.; I don't know what the situation is in your country)
overseas, to China, Mainland or Taiwan, is a good thing? No, I do not.
Manufacturing is pretty much a dead horse here already; most of the
folks, old and young, who would formerly have been employed in
manufacturing are now in low-paying, low-benefit service jobs.

There is an upside, of course, for amateur astronomy: Synta, for
example, is producing telescopes and mounts of amazingly good quality
for the price, which makes it nice to be a beginner these days.
Beginner? Heck, I've got one of their (Synta's) AS GT mounts, and think
it's great.

What will be the final outcome of all this? Search me. It doesn't look
good, though. Not that what I think means pea-turkey--there's little
chance people are going to stop buying Wal-Mart or Synta.

Peace,
Rod Mollise
Author of:_Choosing and Using a Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope_
http://members.aol.com/RMOLLISE/index.html