I worked for BMG and Polygram some years ago. At some time the prices were like 5% for the support (cd, case, paperwork) and 95% was for "intellectual property"
So its true that the support does not cost them much.
But then, the value of the "intellectual property" were different for my region - africa and indian ocean - around 60% of what you would pay in europe and US. This has changed (globalisation????)
so now some buy one audio cd or movie on dvd, then make copies then its re distributed.
I prefer to buy a pirated copy at USD 3 for a movie on dvd with a choice of languages but stripped from the addons (directors cut etc which i dont watch anyway) and have no hassle of virus/burn then go the tv and dvd player.
We even have home delivery for these as well as rentals and the rental shop offers copies if i liked the film
Now to download one movie takes me around 4 days non stop and i pay my dsl (512) at around 60 USD per month.
So Warner or any of the majors can keep their offer to themselves. Well they can even try to do some tests with their employees and see how many downloads there will be...
Well, i gave my legal 3 months (after 8 years service) notice but since there is no replacement yet, they can't do nothing except to be diplomatic and make me document all my stuffs. Then why should a sysadmin document how he did the setups etc? When the replacement comes, he should know these. i'm no teacher.
the only document they will get will be list of root passwd and other sensitive passwds.
as for my stuffs, i've given them a new harddisk with only the os installed and taken back the hard disk i was using. they should be happy to get a "new" one.
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trying to download but 20 MB is tough when u have 512 kbps adsl @ $ 100 per month and when u get a dl speed of 10 kB/s (its B in caps)
I worked for BMG and Polygram some years ago. At some time the prices were like 5% for the support (cd, case, paperwork) and 95% was for "intellectual property" So its true that the support does not cost them much. But then, the value of the "intellectual property" were different for my region - africa and indian ocean - around 60% of what you would pay in europe and US. This has changed (globalisation????) so now some buy one audio cd or movie on dvd, then make copies then its re distributed. I prefer to buy a pirated copy at USD 3 for a movie on dvd with a choice of languages but stripped from the addons (directors cut etc which i dont watch anyway) and have no hassle of virus/burn then go the tv and dvd player. We even have home delivery for these as well as rentals and the rental shop offers copies if i liked the film Now to download one movie takes me around 4 days non stop and i pay my dsl (512) at around 60 USD per month. So Warner or any of the majors can keep their offer to themselves. Well they can even try to do some tests with their employees and see how many downloads there will be...
Well, i gave my legal 3 months (after 8 years service) notice but since there is no replacement yet, they can't do nothing except to be diplomatic and make me document all my stuffs. Then why should a sysadmin document how he did the setups etc? When the replacement comes, he should know these. i'm no teacher. the only document they will get will be list of root passwd and other sensitive passwds. as for my stuffs, i've given them a new harddisk with only the os installed and taken back the hard disk i was using. they should be happy to get a "new" one.
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