Sunday, 17 February 2008

is ipod next betamax



Is the iPod the Next Betamax?

Reading a story about France's attempt to force Apple to open up iPods

to services other than iTunes, I can't help but wonder whether or not

Apple's proprietary play might ultimately by their demise, but my

associate Austin Hice firmly disagrees. He says he thinks Apple is

leading the revolution. And I can't argue with that statement. But by

locking others out of the marketplace through technology, they may

very well be making a mistake. As the success of Windows and VHS

demonstartes, it's those technologies which circumvemt initial cost


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