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• Where have you been, try getting stuff to work in IE 6, that reminds me of the horror of getting anything to work in Netscape 6.x.
  
  Wonder if the number 6 has something evil about it ;)
  
  CJ In reply to: "With Firefox 3, Microsoft has reason to worry"

  March 27, 2008

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• Pricing
  It is ridiculous for music companies to charge what they do for a music CD.
  
  The Music industry needs to quit cribbing about piracy and realize that their pricing and market segmentation strategies are to blame.
  
  Folks copy music not because it is cool, but because copyrighted music costs an arm and a leg. It is also ridiculous for these companies to talk about expenses in developing and supporting talent. They spend too much on too many people, and their inability to manage costs and finding innovative ways to market their products and services is no reason to charge the customer more.
  
  I am NOT suggesting that piracy is right nor am I saying that it is answer, servicing the top chunk of the market segment, leads to the gray market, since there is no supply to meet the demand (micro economics 101) in these segments.
  
  So if Apple has found a way to meet that demand, quit cribbing and toe the line, unless you have a better way to do it.
  
  Going from past experiences, I haven't seen nor heard anything from the music industry of a strategy to sort this out.
  
  Fighting piracy is not in the billions of $$ poured on laws, lawmakers, DRM and the rest of the muck, its all about pricing and market segmentation.
  
  Regards,
  CJ

  July 2, 2007

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