[ Registry tweaks ] ( a fresh idea)

[Mullen, Shaun]

All reasonable comments.  I bow to those obviously more in the know than I,
and also thank Mark for his hard work.

-- Shaun

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Huw Powell [SMTP:audi at mediaone.net]
> Sent:	Thursday, February 01, 2001 3:29 PM
> To:	Quattro List
> Subject:	Re: [ Registry tweaks ] ( a fresh idea)
> 
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> 
> "Mullen, Shaun" wrote:
> > 
> > At the risk of being a noodge (nudge?), listing the cars by platform
> > confuses, not clarifies.  This is supposed to be a registry, not an
> > engineering thesis.
> 
> it is not "supposed" to be anything... it's what Mark built and even as
> it is it is certainly very cool.  just wanted to mention that because
> without what must have been many hours of his work we would not even be
> discussing an actual working system!
>  
> > In everyday conversation and in q-list messages, we talk about our cars
> in
> > familiar model nomenclature, not manufacturer-speak.
> 
> Hmmmm.  We do?  I suppose so.  How do you tell a 1985 80 from a 1988
> 80?  one is type 85, one is type 89... to say nothing of the type $$!
> 
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