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On Thu, 27 Aug 2015 16:43:41 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> > Kids still buy CDs? My grandson recently asked me "What's a record?" |
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> > when I used the term. |
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> I live in a different universe to you called "South Africa" and CDs are |
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> a big market here. The bulk of the population (none of whom are early |
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> adopters) don't trust online music stores; they want a thing they can |
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> hold in their hand and that thing is a CD :-) |
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Round here, the kids (and most adults) are happy to entrust everything to |
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Apple and Facebook. I prefer physical media, but I always considered that |
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a symptom of being an old fart. |
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> vinyls are also making a comeback; it's a whole retro marketing thing. |
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Vinyl has always been the medium of choice for audio snobs... |
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Neil Bothwick |
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An infinite number of monkeys pounding away on keyboards will |
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eventually produce a report showing that Windows is more secure, |
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and has a lower TCO, than linux. |
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