When buying wine Is your choice based on price On Oct 6, 2011, at 1:24 PM, Tim Schofield <[email protected]> wrote:
> This is quite possibly true. I remember when I lived in Moscow there > was an opinion poll showing that a majority of Russians thought that > Stalin had been a good leader for Russia. Some people just prefers > dictators. Me I prefer having free will. > > > On 6 October 2011 18:01, Mark Tinka <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Friday, October 07, 2011 12:07:30 AM Tim Schofield wrote: >> >>> iTunes?? You mean that shop where you can buy mp3's for a >>> markup because the application has an apple logo on? I >>> can't access it because I only have a Linux computer and >>> Mr Jobs says that makes me bad :-( >>> >>> I use other mp3 stores that sell me identical music at a >>> cheaper price, and I donate the difference to charity. >>> Does the music on iTunes sound different than the same >>> track from other sites? >> >> The thing I have appreciated about Jobs is that he has been >> able to reasonably justify that ordinary people actually >> would not mind having choice taken away from them, and >> accept what they are told to take and use by someone else. >> >> This is even more interesting because there is competition, >> and yet folk tend toward the place where choice is stolen >> away from them. >> >> Maybe people don't want the hassle of having to deal with >> choice. They just want to be given something that works, and >> the trade-off between wading through piles and piles of tech >> specs. to make their purchasing decision vs. paying a >> premium for a product that does pretty much the same thing >> as others on the market, is probably worth it. >> >> Yes, some people want choice, e.g., how many things does my >> Home button on an Android phone do? But, perhaps, most >> people don't, e.g., how many things does my Home button on >> an iPhone do? >> >> Mark. >> > > > > -- > WebERP Africa Ltd > +447710427049 > +256752963327 > +255758554413 > www.weberpafrica.com > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any > way. _______________________________________________ The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any way.
