Thursday, March 17, 2005

The Seattle Times - Cingular poised to lead in speed

The Seattle Times - Cingular poised to lead in speed:
"Starting today, CinemaNow is selling the videos for $1.99 to $2.99. MediaPass.net will sell monthly subscriptions to its video library and is offering a trial service."

This would be a good idea but not if it demands having to have a Microsoft product. This reminds me of how web services that start out by developing an application that only works on Windows are bound to go bankrupt. The reason for this is simply because the applications that are stuck on Windows are generally over dependent on the platform and that in itself is a major flaw that makes the program unstable and practically worthless. I might also mention the issues created for developers and how you narrow your customer base by having an application versus a web accessible service.