__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Wednesday 18 April 2007 16:27 \__
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Nokia N800 Internet Tablet Review
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| Nokia's latest device, the N800 Internet Tablet, is unique, to say the
>>| least. It's not a smartphone, yet it can send and receive e-mail
>>| messages; it's not a phone, yet it can make phone calls; it's not a
>>| portable multimedia player; yet it can playback audio/video files; and
>>| it's not a notebook, yet it can browser the web.
>> `----
>>
>>
http://www.cooltechzone.com/Departments/Featured_Story/Nokia_N800_Internet_Tablet_Review_200704182838/
>>
>> "Browser the web"...
>>
>> Be warned: this writer is the one who said "Microsoft should acquire
>> Linux". It's always a good laugh. :-) :-)
>
> Lots of people still think that they're living in the proprietary world,
> and stuggle to comprehend the new rules.
Revenue streams are the worst when it comes to miscomprehension. People think
that money cannot be made from Free software. Let's look at a simple analogy
from the music world, okay? Here we have a seller and an artist. You have
the talent and the salesman. Free culture essentially eliminates this
middleman. Without 'acquisition' cost (or 'tax'), the artist can reach a
very wide audience (free downloads) and then use reputation to make money in
all sorts of way, without spending money and effort on marketing (or
labels). That's why labels love DRM and artists dislike DRM. Artists want
exposure. Labels need money. That's all they care about. The same applies to
coding and many developers favour programming that enables them to take
their work elsewhere, rather be restricted. Programs are a form of art too.
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~~ With kind regards
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