Re: [PLUG] AMD or Intel P4??

[Art Clemons <artclemons@aol.com>]

Noah Silva:
> I have to agree with this.  This is especially true in the USA, where
> people are known throughout the world for being cheap-asses.  Casette
> tape recorders are still more readily available here than MD recorders.

It has more to do with the strong intellectual property position taken 
by Congress and the courts than citizens of the US being unwilling to 
adopt or adapt to technology.  You also have the spectre for any large 
importer of having to fight expensive lawsuits to gain the right to 
import because the products can be used to record, and Congress, being 
the monetary whore that it presently is, is all too likely to agree.
The other problem of course is that US companies no longer tend to 
manufacture their own products, meaning that something is likely to be 
test marketed in Japan, Korea or Europe before getting into the US.  One 
hint, ever noticed the extra charge for a "music" CDR, it's a tax?


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