XPost: comp.sys.mac.advocacy, comp.os.mac.advocacy, comp.sys.macintrash   
   From: jcr.nospam@nospam.mac.com   
      
   On 2006-06-01 23:02:11 -0700, Tim Smith  said:   
      
   > In article <2006060119511450073%jcrnospam@nospammaccom>, John C Randolph   
   wrote:   
   >> It's funny, but all the pundits who say that Apple is going to have to   
   >> offer this plan eventually ignore the fact that the subscription model   
   >> had already been tried, and had already failed before Apple launched   
   >> the iTMS, and continues to do so today.   
   >   
   > It's also been tried and is doing OK, such as with satellite radio.   
      
   Satellite radio is a rather different service.  It's new programming,   
   with shows you can't get anywhere else.  What I'm talking about are the   
   Naptsters and Rhapsodies of the world, which are a long way from   
   breaking even.   
      
   -jcr   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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