Re: Next stable release: 13 CD's
On March 15, 2004 19:31, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 15, 2004 at 10:38:18PM +0100, Osamu Aoki wrote:
> >
> > Really, US does better than Canada for mail, I think. It may not
> > be the cheapest in the worlds but it is better than most other
> > countries. You use Canadian URL so I think you have some
> > experience in Canadian system which is known to be slow.
> >
> Judging from what friends say about the US' mail system and what I
> know of other systems, the US' mail system is dreadful compared to
> that of many other first-world countries.
I'm with Osamu on this one - the US mail system is definitely faster
than Canada's. So however bad the USPS is in comparison to the rest of
the world Canada Post is worse. And frankly, if the USPS really were
that bad I don't think they could champion such a good cycling team
that keeps on winning the Tour de France :)
I think everyone, everywhere, complains about the postal service since
they're invariably worse than the private sector alternatives.
--
David P James
Ottawa, Ontario
http://david.jamesnet.ca
There is no art which one government sooner learns of another
than that of draining money from the pockets of the people.
-Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations
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