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From: "Robert Feuchtl"
quoted 44 lines ppl of earth.. :)> ppl of earth.. :)
> microsoft sucks too, of course. even my grandmother is aware of that :)
> its just that every company that gets to a certain size will start to
> smell funny.
> capitalism has no niches for dedicated company philosophy. with the
> effort to control
> the MP3-gadgetry market the philosphy of apple has reached a ridiculous
> point.
> the APPLE is growing unnaturally due to iPod sales and now it is not
> possible any
> more to preserve the avantgarde-philosophy.. anyway the iPod is a superb
> product,
> very cleverly designed and desereves its popularity. BUT IT IS also very
> much a status
> item rather then superlatest technology. if you dig deep in the internet
> you´ll find
> more advanced stuff. BUT usally with the negative side that the optical
> design is weak
> or cheesy.. a lot of iPod users do not want the best sounding PortaPro
> headphones on their
> IPods, they prefer the ugly "sticky-in-your-ears"-quatsch that simply
> offers NO bass to the
> sense of hearing.. cause it looks sooo techy and slick :) (dont kill me
> now, pleeasse. its
> the truth... you know it)
>
> regarding iTunes: today apple´s legal activities equals the behaviour of
> microsoft´in
> other issues.. monopolism as its best. apple is trying hard to push
> iTunes in its own way without
> actually adopting to other content providers / distributors needs or
> philosophy.
> they just don´t fucking care. I believe music-industry has to absoluetely
> reinvent again and most indie-labels in europe are aware of that. but apple
> is like: "so what?"
> we´ll see where it ends. i am actually quite curious...
> there is no difference anymore between apples and pears. apple just
> looks more
> sleek as usual...
> its this thing with growth.. "unnatural growth" is the traditional
> chinese medicinal
> term for "cancer" ..
> fuck capitalism (when it gets too big) - kudos to capitalism (when it
> stays small)
Bump.
What he said.
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