Good morning from South Carolina--cold and dry here. My new house is drying out and small cracks around the molding and the walls are proliferating. Our recently planted palm trees might not make it in this weather. But then I think of Trillium where it's really cold, and I'm glad I'm in the "warm" South.
I've been thinking alot about how hard it is for companies to get a winning formula to make money. It's not just little companies, either. Apple hasn't always been the shining star it is today. If Bill Gates hadn't pumped money into it a few years ago, I'm not sure if it would have survived. Two years ago as I stood in line at the Las Vegas MGM Grand Hotel's arena for Bill Gates CES kick off address, the Apple IPod had just been introduced. A young techie and I were discussing it; he said it would be a winner. I told him about EDIG and our player. He shook his head and said small companies can't complete with the likes of Apple. Since that time companies like iRiver, had started up and picked up huge market shares proving my techie wrong. This morning I get up to read the posts and discover CNET has given us an average rating. I guess I'm a little disappointed that all the t's weren't crossed and the i's weren't dotted before the Gateway player was introduced. "We can fix it with a firmware upgrade" is the new mantra. Oh, well. I'm more focused on the newer products, but had hoped a musicplayer would help our bottom line this year. I still don't think the music players are where our real money will be made. Your displaced Oregonian, Lois
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