The problem that I'm beginning to see here is this:
- most large companies have an IT department and thus know how to secure USB ports, etc
- most small companies know their employees really well and have nothing to worry about
- medium sized companies (say between 50 - 150 employees) are big enough to not know all their employees that well but small enough not to have an IT department in house. It's easy to say "hire trustworthy employees" but eventually someone will slip through.
The biggest difference between this and target disk mode is that someone could plug in their ipod to "charge" and walk away as opposed to sitting in front of a computer screen where their boss could walk in and see what they were doing.
Stupid people writing stupid things may have ruined charging an ipod without a charger for the rest of us.
Grrrrr
Cars are one place where having a radio makes sense though - imagine if you will heading in to the city without a radio and getting stuck in traffic. How will you find out how to get around the traffic? With many jurisdictions making any kind of carputer illegal, I suppose you could check your blackberry - oh wait, they're going out of business in the US. Guess it's time to call on your cell phone.
Radio is a very convenient place to find out news and information while you're in the car - which is why 28% of people get the majority of their news from it every day. I just don't see that changing.
Anytime I've listened to Satellite radio (rental cars, mostly) - I've noticed that it's way to specific - for instance, who really wants to listen to the "all rave music" station that was on a few years ago. The result is always that I'm switching stations constantly. If I'm in an area served by a number of major market stations, I invariably switch to FM - there is simply more variety, traffic reports, etc.
Now, if I could get _those_ stations with the "perks" of satellite radio (like song name, better quality, etc) for free, I'd be listening more. Course, that _was_ available with DAB - but nobody could agree on it here.
iPods and the like are also bound to have some effect - but only in the short term - people have to figure out what the cool songs to listen to are from somewhere (and most people aren't going to watch MTV all day).
In the long run - people aren't going to pay from a product that is better delivered for free (and, if they get it for free, will still listen to local stations strictly because they're local). Satellite radio will have a huge impact on areas without many stations (read: the Great Plains), but in cities where most people live - it's just a gimmick that will either go away or become free.
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The problem that I'm beginning to see here is this: - most large companies have an IT department and thus know how to secure USB ports, etc - most small companies know their employees really well and have nothing to worry about - medium sized companies (say between 50 - 150 employees) are big enough to not know all their employees that well but small enough not to have an IT department in house. It's easy to say "hire trustworthy employees" but eventually someone will slip through. The biggest difference between this and target disk mode is that someone could plug in their ipod to "charge" and walk away as opposed to sitting in front of a computer screen where their boss could walk in and see what they were doing. Stupid people writing stupid things may have ruined charging an ipod without a charger for the rest of us. Grrrrr
Cars are one place where having a radio makes sense though - imagine if you will heading in to the city without a radio and getting stuck in traffic. How will you find out how to get around the traffic? With many jurisdictions making any kind of carputer illegal, I suppose you could check your blackberry - oh wait, they're going out of business in the US. Guess it's time to call on your cell phone. Radio is a very convenient place to find out news and information while you're in the car - which is why 28% of people get the majority of their news from it every day. I just don't see that changing.
Anytime I've listened to Satellite radio (rental cars, mostly) - I've noticed that it's way to specific - for instance, who really wants to listen to the "all rave music" station that was on a few years ago. The result is always that I'm switching stations constantly. If I'm in an area served by a number of major market stations, I invariably switch to FM - there is simply more variety, traffic reports, etc. Now, if I could get _those_ stations with the "perks" of satellite radio (like song name, better quality, etc) for free, I'd be listening more. Course, that _was_ available with DAB - but nobody could agree on it here. iPods and the like are also bound to have some effect - but only in the short term - people have to figure out what the cool songs to listen to are from somewhere (and most people aren't going to watch MTV all day). In the long run - people aren't going to pay from a product that is better delivered for free (and, if they get it for free, will still listen to local stations strictly because they're local). Satellite radio will have a huge impact on areas without many stations (read: the Great Plains), but in cities where most people live - it's just a gimmick that will either go away or become free.