"pasteurized processed imitation photography-flavoured product..." P.J. Nebergall On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 17:19:55 -0400 Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Peter K. wrote: > > > This is kind of like the old vinyl v. CD debate. In the end we > know who > > took over the market. > > Which market, Peter? The mass market? Absolutely. The billions who > are > happy to consider MacDonald's fine dining, art posters a substitute > for > original art, and talk radio a news source as credible as The Wall > Street Journal or The New York Times, are also happy to listen to > CDs. > And MP3s for that matter. > > A well defined sophisticated, discerning, upscale market however > still > consume analogue recordings pressed on vinyl. It is not a mass > market. > Film in time will likely no longer be a mass market, either, but it > will > remain a viable market non-the-less till a time when we are probably > > long gone from this earth. > > Remember, Western Union just stopped their telegram service last > month, > after 150 years of service. > > > Eric Goldstein > > --- > Rollei List > > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' > in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into > www.freelists.org > > - Online, searchable archives are available at > //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list > > --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list