If you had a choice to buy gas for $3.35/gallon right down the street on
King Street or drive to Millilani (if you live in town) and pay
$3.09/gallon, where would you most like fuel up? A large majority would go
to the more expensive station out of convenience.
I think you'll find they're "better off" paying the $3.35/gallon at the local
station.
You've just proved the validity of his analogy. Now compute the cost of
installing your own codec versus buying a package with the codec
installed. Be sure to include the value of your time. You
definitely have to "drive" a lot further when you do it yourself.
Tim Newsham
http://www.lava.net/~newsham/
