From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Nov 21 17:12:16 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from lariat.lariat.org (lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 441F314EF1 for ; Sun, 21 Nov 1999 17:12:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: from mustang (IDENT:ppp0.lariat.org@lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by lariat.lariat.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA28040; Sun, 21 Nov 1999 18:11:48 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <4.2.0.58.19991121180936.0471e490@localhost> X-Sender: brett@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.0.58 Date: Sun, 21 Nov 1999 18:11:42 -0700 To: Duncan Barclay From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: Video Stupidity Cc: chat@freebsd.org, atrn@zeta.org.au In-Reply-To: References: <4.2.0.58.19991121104825.0481ab30@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 08:13 PM 11/21/1999 +0000, Duncan Barclay wrote: >The Walkman is simply a product that fulfils what the majority of >people buying one want - personal music playback. Many people want recorders, but have trouble finding them. A portable recorder isn't a "professional" item -- in fact, the ultra-high-priced recording model that Sony does offer is part of their consumer line, not their pro line. Again, the ridiculous price seems to be motivated by a desire to prevent the copying of content. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message