whoozhe

whoozhe

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Audio CD sales will continue their downward slide period. Even if the net did not exist the current management practices of these conglomerates virtually guarantees it. An industry ran by yesterday's managers using yesterday's methods. I already have every record/CD of every song I want and nothing released in the last 10 years interests me. In fact I find more interesting music from the vast array of unsigned artist who make their

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This decision shows just how out of touch the industry, the courts and the public in general are. What is the main problem with this and other once thriving industies? Accountants and lawyers. Imagine if Ford was run by these know it alls in Henry Ford's day. The Model T would never have made it to the showroom. Every successful product came from imagination, vision and risk. Imagine how different it would be if the internet existe

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The US patent office is totally out of control. They are issuing patents based on the flimsiest of reasons. The whole legislation needs a total overhaul and some sense brought into it. be nice to see laws forcing a maximum time limit allowed for a patent to be applied for after a work is finished. Also a time limit to see a patent end if the work is not marketed in a given time. Ideas and theories should not be allowed patents or c

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I could never understand why steve Jobs has never written a OS that would compete directly with Windows. Surely there would be enough folk on the planet so fed up with Microsoft they would jump ship. The Aplle - Dell deal, if it goes through, will see a OS X for PC but port the Mac system to the PC has a lot of problems. What is needed is a whole new OS. The open source world would embrace it and software would quickly be available

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