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not true https://www.morgan-motor.co.uk...

Ash still used in the Morgan.

Better to make the car (or large portions of it) from wood.

Morgan has been using wood frames forever.
http://www.morgan-motor.co.uk/carpages/44/44.html

The Morgan Lifecar does this I believe.

It only looks like it's from the 1930s...

Pretty much anything by Morgan?

Bah. The Mini plant is just copying the production model of the last true British sportscar, Morgans. They had built-to-order waaayyy before Minis came around.

Just don't expect to pick up your quarter-million sportscar until a couple of years have gone by.

42!!!

No, seriously - There needs to be as much variety in the OS market as there is in any other. think about cars - General Motors, Ford, Toyota, Hyundai, Volvo, Mercedes, Volkswagen, BMW, Mazda - all making rounded square boxes with four wheels.

How about TVs? Sharp, Sanyo, Sony, Samsung, GE, JVC, Toshiba, Mitsubishi, Pioneer - All making boxes that show the Magic Pictures (Ooooo...).

Washing machines. Hoover, GE, Westinghouse, Whirlpool, Email, Smeg, LG, Electrolux - All making boxes that swish your dirty clothes round with a lot of water.

Desktop OSes - Microsoft, Apple.

Over the deafening screams of the teeming millions, I'll just point out that the likes of Morgan, Shelby and Ashton Martin are not in the car maker list either. Yes, the Linux desktop is a wonderful thing, and yes, it may even be the saviour of us all, but still, it's not yet something that the average member of the public is going to be offered as a choice when he walks into the local Best Buy looking to buy um, one of them, um, computer things?

The point is that when Joe Public goes to buy a computer, he's going to get something with one of Microsoft's fine products on it.

The real point is - HE HAS NO CHOICE.

Oh, he could buy a Macintosh. Sorry. Yes, that's a real schmorgasboard there. But he has to go all the way across town to the only Apple retailer in the state. Oh, and guess what? Even the Apple that he gets - Has Microsoft software on it!

And the sales assistant that helps him decide on his new computer - why doesn't he spend any time finding out what the customer wants to do with his new computer and customise the new machine accordingly ("Oh, your son's going to be an engineer? Here, use QNX. You want to be a musician? No problem, load him up with BeOS. Serious gamer? Menuet! 100% assembly for pure, sweet, speed.) Why does this never happen?

Because Microsoft. won't. let. them.

If they try, along comes the Beast of Redmond and waves a big stick at them.

I don't think this is a Universal Truth about technology today. How about the Pavoni Europiccola, or the TacT Millennium (Although it DOES have LEDs, both its design and technology is still quite impressive) Morgan +8 (These are still made today, and they are VERY fun to drive) Even though there's a lot of crap around, one can still find technological excellence today. It's just like the music industry - the fact that Spice Girls and Backstreet Boys are selling huge amounts of records, doesn't neccesarily mean that there is no good music being made out there. Hmm? -K