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Originally Posted by rationalbiker
Actually that is not at all what I said at all. Perhaps you missed it, but here is what I said in the post you quoted;
I do like Amazon. I also like Sony. Most of my AV gear is Sony. That Sony is a larger company than Amazon is tertiary in the evaluation of what each product offers me (with the caveat the each company needs to be large enough to support it's products and services).
But there is something you need to be aware of when noting the relative size of each of these companies; Sony had around 40+ years to grow before Amazon even existed. If you want to make some kind of point about the size of these companies, perhaps it would be more relevant (though probably not) if you knew their proportionate growth rate given the respective amounts of time they have had to be in business. For instance, did Sony enjoy the same relative rate of growth in it's first 10 or 12 years that Amazon has experienced?
If there is a relevance to the company sizes that you intended that I have overlooked, please elucidate.
After all, one would think that if size had anything to do with it, Sony would have had a better offering. LOL (just kidding)
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Well you spent most of that post praising Amazon's virtues, so forgive me for getting confused as to your reasons for liking the Kindle.
As for comparing growth rates, that's just as irrelevant as comparing sizes, since growth rate is dependent on a lot of external factors, including the overall growth rate of the sector in which the company operates.
At any rate, I don't much care for the whole Amazon vs. SONY debate, I only jumped into this thread to point out the often overlooked aspect of Amazon's offering, the lack of support for power users.
And I should also emphasize that had Amazon launched the Kindle a year before SONY, the reverse would likely be true.