11-23-2010, 05:12 PM
Here's the rub for me. Wiki came along and destroyed the real encyclopedias. They did so not through competition but through time and money donated to "the cause." Now that their "competition" is vanquished, they're saying: "hey, this stuff isn't free, we need money to make this work" -- to which I reply "if we're paying money I'd rather have a real frakin encyclopedia you son of a bitch!"
I don't mind real competition, but I hate the bait and switch ala Comcast -- "here, have all the OnDemand movies you want for 2.99 -- oh, what, blockbuster is out of business now , ok, we'll go up to 4.99 per movie now."
In other words, I like when products compete and win based on the merits, not when lesser products compete and win because someone with deep pockets was willing to bank roll a few years of losses to make the losing horse win a battle of attrition.
I don't mind real competition, but I hate the bait and switch ala Comcast -- "here, have all the OnDemand movies you want for 2.99 -- oh, what, blockbuster is out of business now , ok, we'll go up to 4.99 per movie now."
In other words, I like when products compete and win based on the merits, not when lesser products compete and win because someone with deep pockets was willing to bank roll a few years of losses to make the losing horse win a battle of attrition.
"Hamilton is really a Colossus to the anti republican party. Without numbers he is an host within himself. They have got themselves into a defile where they might be finished but too much security on the republican part will give time to his talents and indefatigableness to extricate them. We have had only middling performances to oppose to him. In truth when he comes forward there is nobody but yourself who can meet him. His adversaries having begun the attack he has the advantage of answering them and remains unanswered himself. For God's sake take up your pen and give a fundamental reply to Curtius and Camillas" - Thomas Jefferson to James Madison