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BWhite · 01-31-2010, 04:50 PM

I am not picking sides in this price war.

I am still waiting for the day when you purchase Device XY3, you browse the web on Device XY3 and go to online Book Retailer BCD (who manufactures no device because he/she/it is in the book business, not the electronics business), and then you make your purchase and the volume appears on your device.

You start reading your book.

I know where this perspective comes from - I used to support a web retailer (we sold physical goods). DRM and fighting-over-turf is making this future world a distant thing.

I am not an Apple Fan-Boy (currently only 'own' Quicktime), but looks to me as though Apple is one of a group of folks hacking a path in 2010 towards the world I envision and would like to live in. And yes, some things Apple is doing I do not agree with.

This price war is a sideshow to me and would be relevant IF the already-purchased volumes had been pulled, which would have messed up the vision of 'cloud computing' that some pundits are touting.

I can see how this price war is making for a lousy February for the authors.

01-31-2010, 04:50 PM	#199
BWhite Connoisseur Posts: 97 Karma: 526 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Sony PSP, Palm TX	I am not picking sides in this price war. I am still waiting for the day when you purchase Device XY3, you browse the web on Device XY3 and go to online Book Retailer BCD (who manufactures no device because he/she/it is in the book business, not the electronics business), and then you make your purchase and the volume appears on your device. You start reading your book. I know where this perspective comes from - I used to support a web retailer (we sold physical goods). DRM and fighting-over-turf is making this future world a distant thing. I am not an Apple Fan-Boy (currently only 'own' Quicktime), but looks to me as though Apple is one of a group of folks hacking a path in 2010 towards the world I envision and would like to live in. And yes, some things Apple is doing I do not agree with. This price war is a sideshow to me and would be relevant IF the already-purchased volumes had been pulled, which would have messed up the vision of 'cloud computing' that some pundits are touting. I can see how this price war is making for a lousy February for the authors.