Van Baker

Van Baker
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I think Stamps.com is well positioned versus their competitors. They approached this from the point of view that hardware is a bad thing when it comes to postage, and I think this is the correct assessment. The small business buyer and the consumer do not want to have to manage a postage meter, even if it is a dongle on the PC.
bad business buyer consumer correct hardware manage point postage small versus view
I think Stamps.com is well positioned versus their competitors, ... They approached this from the point of view that hardware is a bad thing when it comes to postage, and I think this is the correct assessment. The small business buyer and the consumer do not want to have to manage a postage meter, even if it is a dongle on the PC.
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In many ways, I do view portable media players as a technology in search of a market. If I'm carrying music with me, chances are I want to carry something that's a little smaller than a personal music player.
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Consumers who were thinking about Macs but hesitated don't have to worry anymore about not being able to run PC software that didn't run on a Mac.
happen transition
The transition is not going to happen overnight.
choice safe
That's the safe choice, because that's what you already know and that's what you've got,
loss
I think this is going to be a loss for Apple.
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The accessory market, I don't see them going into that in a widespread basis with lots and lots of products. They are going to cherry pick where they think they can bring a truly differentiated product.
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The appeal is the portability, the time shifting aspect and the added capability to listen to both the Sirius content and their MP3 collections,
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Right now, it's no more than a couple of ideas in his head that still have to be turned into games.
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Many consumers are uncomfortable trying to figure out how to print envelopes on their printers. And the alternative of printing the postage on the letter itself requires a window envelope, which most consumers are not using.
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We don't see any reason that this will slow down anytime soon. The transition of entertainment from analog to digital, of time-shifting and place-shifting, is just getting under way.
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There is still a lot of confusion around the connected home. Reducing it will be the challenge to keeping the momentum going.
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First and foremost, Xbox 360 is a game machine, and so is anybody going to go out and buy an Xbox 360 if they're not a gamer because it's got multimedia capability? No,