I understand people sampling music on Napster and then buying the CD, but I can't imagine anyone watching a movie online and then going to the theartre to see the movie. Or reading a book online, and then going out and buying the actual book. Books and Movies, unlike music, is usually not good for repeated use.
File sharing, at least in its current form (full version, completely unregulated) may be good for musicians, but it would be a disaster for directors and authors. And even with Napster changing to a subscription based service, all this means is that people will switch to new forms like gnutella, and eventually, Freenet, the next big thing in file sharing.
Implementation is not the problem, some of the policies are just stupid. ISO - just documenting methods and materials as I understand it - is incredibly stupid even when done right.
Hiring any consultants with catchy scemes (management or not) is not good policy, you're much better off hiring the best people yourself (like Amazon did) and go in a new direction, not the one the consultants steer everyone.
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You dont spend days programming this kinda stuff for it to "exist."
Well what then IS the point of this?
File sharing, at least in its current form (full version, completely unregulated) may be good for musicians, but it would be a disaster for directors and authors. And even with Napster changing to a subscription based service, all this means is that people will switch to new forms like gnutella, and eventually, Freenet, the next big thing in file sharing.
Implementation is not the problem, some of the policies are just stupid. ISO - just documenting methods and materials as I understand it - is incredibly stupid even when done right.
Hiring any consultants with catchy scemes (management or not) is not good policy, you're much better off hiring the best people yourself (like Amazon did) and go in a new direction, not the one the consultants steer everyone.