The last half of the 1990s demonstrated two things: 1. People want to listen to music in a digital format 2. The Internet is a viable digital music distribution "medium".
You forgot 3.People don't want to pay for it.
MP3s would not have taken hold, or even be in existence today, if it were not for the fact that they are free. Same goes for the Ipod, no one would have bought it if it weren't for the fact that there are millions of free and widely available MP3s to download for it.
The best response I ever heard to the advantage of pen and paper vs tablets/laptops question was from a French Canadian newscast on the subject.
The journalist asked a student standing inline at a campus bookstore about why he wasn't using a laptop for notes. The student held his paper notebook over his head, emphatically said "l'avantage d'une cailler!" and dropped the book on the floor.
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The last half of the 1990s demonstrated two things:
1. People want to listen to music in a digital format
2. The Internet is a viable digital music distribution "medium".
You forgot 3.People don't want to pay for it.
MP3s would not have taken hold, or even be in existence today, if it were not for the fact that they are free. Same goes for the Ipod, no one would have bought it if it weren't for the fact that there are millions of free and widely available MP3s to download for it.
The best response I ever heard to the advantage of pen and paper vs tablets/laptops question was from a French Canadian newscast on the subject. The journalist asked a student standing inline at a campus bookstore about why he wasn't using a laptop for notes. The student held his paper notebook over his head, emphatically said "l'avantage d'une cailler!" and dropped the book on the floor.