----- Original Message ----- From: Alan B. Pearce To: Sent: Monday, October 23, 2000 11:43 AM Subject: Re: [OT]: Will pay cash for pic programming >>The marketplace will eventually get it right. >You seriously believe this? I get the impression from this statement that you have never lived in the UK. Having >lived here a short time I would not put any faith in this happening, especially in an industry that sees fit to >regionally encode their media, whatever their rights to do so. Yes, I believe this, in the sense that 'get it right' is 'maximizing profit', and that you'll never maximize profit with a cruddy product. Bob Ammerman RAm Systems (contract development of high performance, high function, low-level software) -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu