I think they have it backwards: the profit in printers are in the consumables. If your argument is correct, Apple is going to make upfront profits on the ipods, and be sapped of those profits on the downloads. A withering idea. John Willkie -----Original Message----- From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of DISMO@xxxxxxx Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 11:03 PM To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [opendtv] Re: News: Apple Sells 70 Million Songs in First Year of iTunes ... In a message dated 4/30/2004 10:09:04 PM Pacific Standard Time, johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxx writes: and, only lost about $0.10 per title sold, so they lost $7 million on sales of $70 million. And, this is an improvement? Apple's more than making up for that with sales of iPods. Several months back-ordered, they are. The music service just fuels iPod sales, like printers and ink cartridges. BW ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.