It's an issue because if the big labels dictate the price it's called price fixing. They can recommend a price but it's up to the retailer to decide how much they want to sell it for.
Hurray! This would presumably mean no more yearly (by the calendar I might add) cash-cow (and mostly useless) "upgrades" that force me to shell out thousands of dollars just so I can service the one or two customers who just happen to have bought the latest greatest version of InDesign or whatever.
Just think! After a few years almost everybody would be on the same version, there would be few if any serious bugs, and other developers could publish polished ancillary apps that aren't going to break every 12 months. Imagine the productivity!
...instead of getting all balled up with this circular way of thinking, I think we need to think outside the box on this one and come up with an idea that truly doesn't revolve around spherical solutions.
Ok so they have a 80% market share. Sure sounds as if they are hurting. Quote all the latin you like, but it doesn't change that they are the market leader and if it means they refuse to compromise to win the last 20% then good on them for not doing just that.
Interesting take on the issue. It doesn't seem to have hurt Apple's market share however, as reports that I have read seem to indicate that their market share is going up and not down.
I heard a similar argument such as your two years ago. The lowering of Apple's marketshare just hasn't happened.
Um, sorry, but they were not "frenchmen". They were Québecers and Canadians. Trudeau won in a landslide in the "Trudeaumania" era of the 60s, so yes, in fact, anglophones did vote for him in large numbers. The same is true for Mulroney, a Conservative and Canadian of Irish decent. You also seem to have selectively forgotten about Joe (Who?) Clark, a Western Canadian, John Turner, and Kim Campbell (the slayer of the Conservative party), also a Westerner.
SOME companies are private instutions and others are public. Companies that have publicly traded stocks are public institutions. Whatever the case, does that give them the leader the supreme right to loot the company?
Is there any plan to implement a system of alternative advancement which allows a character to acquire and develop skills after they reach level sixty?
"Not to mention how likely it is that someone will purchase a DVD they rented using the Amazon service."
Which is not bloody likely. People would use the service because they don't want to buy DVDs.
As for the "early adopter" argument, Netflix has been around how long? Five or more years? What's "early" about that? They are well established and booming. Amazon will be able to offer NOTHING that netflix doesn't already have. As for economies of scale, Netflix already lowered their monthly three-move rate from $21.95 to $17.95 a long time ago to meet the competition head on (and ulitmately crush them). They can and will do the same with Amazon if they try to rent at a loss.
And customers willing to rent from them. They will have to earn the trust of those who rent regularly from Netflix. In fact, I'll venture to say that unless they can offer some significant benefit that Netflix can't offer then they will have a long, tall hill to climb in developing new customers.
I'm fairly sure Yeager may have appreciated your view of him as a barn stormin' bush pilot, but I know for a fact his mechanic took safety very, very seriously.
Hmmm, might as well take the chance to criticize a review with a little bias and over-exaggeration of your own.
"This is BS. I haven't heard any arguments supporting the one-button mouse."
How does this change anything? The point is that unless you can show there is a study then it's simply your preference (or bias) as to which mouse you use.
"...when mice that do just about all this are going for $15"
Over-exaggeration bordering on complete innacuracy. No $15 mouse that I have seen does anything close to what this mouse is shown to do. Even the Intellimouse, a supposed quality mouse, is $40 and it has some significant quality issues (such as silicon pads that come off, mouse buttons that stick after extended use, and a clunky/stiff scroll wheel). If, and this is big if, the Apple mouse is high quality and problem free then it is worth the $50 since it should be the last mouse you'll need to buy for a long time.
The jury is still out for me after this review. I'm happy with my cordless Intellimouse ($60) and even if this new rat eventually comes without a tail I'll probably wait and try one out in a store or at a friend's before I buy one. I certainly won't buy one based on one (or two) biased reviews or critiques.
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"Seriously, if you want the internet, make your own."
Which is exactly what is going to happen.
It's an issue because if the big labels dictate the price it's called price fixing. They can recommend a price but it's up to the retailer to decide how much they want to sell it for.
"1) software development will slow"
Hurray! This would presumably mean no more yearly (by the calendar I might add) cash-cow (and mostly useless) "upgrades" that force me to shell out thousands of dollars just so I can service the one or two customers who just happen to have bought the latest greatest version of InDesign or whatever.
Just think! After a few years almost everybody would be on the same version, there would be few if any serious bugs, and other developers could publish polished ancillary apps that aren't going to break every 12 months. Imagine the productivity!
I have one of the original ones. It still works like a charm. I've even dropped it a couple of times.
...instead of getting all balled up with this circular way of thinking, I think we need to think outside the box on this one and come up with an idea that truly doesn't revolve around spherical solutions.
Ok so they have a 80% market share. Sure sounds as if they are hurting. Quote all the latin you like, but it doesn't change that they are the market leader and if it means they refuse to compromise to win the last 20% then good on them for not doing just that.
Interesting take on the issue. It doesn't seem to have hurt Apple's market share however, as reports that I have read seem to indicate that their market share is going up and not down.
I heard a similar argument such as your two years ago. The lowering of Apple's marketshare just hasn't happened.
Um, sorry, but they were not "frenchmen". They were Québecers and Canadians. Trudeau won in a landslide in the "Trudeaumania" era of the 60s, so yes, in fact, anglophones did vote for him in large numbers. The same is true for Mulroney, a Conservative and Canadian of Irish decent. You also seem to have selectively forgotten about Joe (Who?) Clark, a Western Canadian, John Turner, and Kim Campbell (the slayer of the Conservative party), also a Westerner.
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/. is from the U.S..
www.fema.gov
Some forget that, as unbelievable as it might be, not everybody who reads
IE on the Mac is v.5.2.3 and developement basically stopped on it in 2001.
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads.aspx#IE
"...so far, other companies have drawn the line at becoming police informants."
Oh? How is it that you know this?
It's worse than amoral it's immoral.
SOME companies are private instutions and others are public. Companies that have publicly traded stocks are public institutions. Whatever the case, does that give them the leader the supreme right to loot the company?
You're right. A used, four-year-old iBook isn't worth $50.
It sounds like the revolution scene from Woody Allen's Bananas, or Eisentein's Battleship Potempkin.
" isnt that guy on trial for shooting a B-movie actress in the head while getting a BJ?"
You're thinking of Phil Spector.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Spector
Is there any plan to implement a system of alternative advancement which allows a character to acquire and develop skills after they reach level sixty?
It's looks as if Fed-Ex is hell bent on becoming the poster child for the morally irresponsible corporaton.
There is an excellent documentary on this very topic of corporate responsibility. It's call The Corporation. Rent it if you can.
"Not to mention how likely it is that someone will purchase a DVD they rented using the Amazon service."
Which is not bloody likely. People would use the service because they don't want to buy DVDs.
As for the "early adopter" argument, Netflix has been around how long? Five or more years? What's "early" about that? They are well established and booming. Amazon will be able to offer NOTHING that netflix doesn't already have. As for economies of scale, Netflix already lowered their monthly three-move rate from $21.95 to $17.95 a long time ago to meet the competition head on (and ulitmately crush them). They can and will do the same with Amazon if they try to rent at a loss.
"All they lack is a website."
And customers willing to rent from them. They will have to earn the trust of those who rent regularly from Netflix. In fact, I'll venture to say that unless they can offer some significant benefit that Netflix can't offer then they will have a long, tall hill to climb in developing new customers.
I'm fairly sure Yeager may have appreciated your view of him as a barn stormin' bush pilot, but I know for a fact his mechanic took safety very, very seriously.
I'm sure scratching your ass with a gloved hand while in space could very well prove to be a pain.
Hmmm, might as well take the chance to criticize a review with a little bias and over-exaggeration of your own.
"This is BS. I haven't heard any arguments supporting the one-button mouse."
How does this change anything? The point is that unless you can show there is a study then it's simply your preference (or bias) as to which mouse you use.
"...when mice that do just about all this are going for $15"
Over-exaggeration bordering on complete innacuracy. No $15 mouse that I have seen does anything close to what this mouse is shown to do. Even the Intellimouse, a supposed quality mouse, is $40 and it has some significant quality issues (such as silicon pads that come off, mouse buttons that stick after extended use, and a clunky/stiff scroll wheel). If, and this is big if, the Apple mouse is high quality and problem free then it is worth the $50 since it should be the last mouse you'll need to buy for a long time.
The jury is still out for me after this review. I'm happy with my cordless Intellimouse ($60) and even if this new rat eventually comes without a tail I'll probably wait and try one out in a store or at a friend's before I buy one. I certainly won't buy one based on one (or two) biased reviews or critiques.
This post should be modded up from zero. It makes perfect sense.
Boycotts are always an enormous waste of time - though calls for them do make good headline gabbers. They never work.
"Now they have gone from always claiming the simplicity of a one button mouse was better...."
When did they claim that?
"I hate to tell you guys, but its been done."
What's been done? A Company introduced a product which is new to their line? That happens every day no? I don't understand what you are getting at.