I would just like to voice my opinion on the whole podbuddy dispute. I feel that your company is doing a great disservice to us, the customers. I do not even own an ipod, but like to keep abreast on new technological developments, and the news of your company's use of a patent to block production of a rival product greatly upset me. This is a huge hindrance to the advancement of technology. What even more greatly upset me was the fact that DVForge offered to let you produce (and profit from) the podbuddy and that they were denied. That doesn't make any sense to me. This is all very disappointing news to me. You have lost me as a potential future customer. I will not buy any of your products and I will instruct others to do likewise. I would appreciate if this email can be passed through the proper channels and not just simply ignored.
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I would just like to voice my opinion on the whole podbuddy dispute. I feel that your company is doing a great disservice to us, the customers. I do not even own an ipod, but like to keep abreast on new technological developments, and the news of your company's use of a patent to block production of a rival product greatly upset me. This is a huge hindrance to the advancement of technology. What even more greatly upset me was the fact that DVForge offered to let you produce (and profit from) the podbuddy and that they were denied. That doesn't make any sense to me. This is all very disappointing news to me. You have lost me as a potential future customer. I will not buy any of your products and I will instruct others to do likewise. I would appreciate if this email can be passed through the proper channels and not just simply ignored.
-Fran Harrington