This is not a flash in the pan problem. At some point, we should arrive at true interoperability, but I don't see that happening in the short term.

Although the Disney site generates tons of traffic, it's a destination site, not a portal.

It's completely the opposite of the way the music industry grew. You used to buy a CD, and it would play in any CD player. But that's not how this works.

My biggest objection to Marxism has been the presumption that industry should exist at all. I think the unstoppable juggernaut which is global warming demonstrates that processing natural materials on an industrial scale is a suicidal practice.

I did the first album, and it did much better than anyone expected.

In a sense, there is no such thing as a bargain in computing. Models which are popular sell for the price they are supposed to fetch for the best part of their product cycle.