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Tuesday, April 12, 2005

Move over Rover

Move over Rover! So it looks like the Rover car firm has gone the way of all British manufacturing, and finally closed. There is a part of me that says: sure, let them face up to market forces, and the big bad world. But once out there, they could not last. If I was to make this computer in England, and ship it to the other side of the world, it would cost me 2 to 3 thousand pounds. You can import the same thing from China, and sell it for 200! How can they possibly compete? The fact is, they... Sign in to see full entry.

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