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Re: iTunes Ecosystem??

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In article <280120141821526624%star@sky.net>, Davoud <star@sky.net>
wrote:

> Thank you for that profound explanation of iTunes. I had no idea what
> iTunes, iPod, Mac, iTunes store, iPhone, iPad, iOS--goodness gracious,
> is their more?--meant. Now that you have kindly explained to me what
> these things are, I think that I shall call the way in which these
> mysterious things interact, "iTunes" or, if I'm feeling particularly
> wordy, the "iTunes system." This parallels the way I refer to my car as
> "my car," and do not refer to the way that the engine, transmission,
> steering, suspension, and what-not work together, as my "car
> ecosystem."

Your car is one thing; your supercilious analogy is invalid. 
Furthermore, you are limiting yourself to only one definition when in
reality there are more than one; for instance the New Oxford American
Dictionary defines ecosystem thusly:

ecosystem |?ek??sist?m, ??k?-|
nounEcology
a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical
environment.
€ (in general use) a complex network or interconnected system: Silicon
Valley's entrepreneurial ecosystem | the entire ecosystem of movie and
video production will eventually go digital.

"iTunes ecosystem" certainly falls in that second definition.

How about taking your supercilious (I like that word) sarcastic
pedantry and shove it where the sun don't (er, doesn't) shine?

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iTunes Ecosystem?? Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2014-01-27 22:25 -0500
  Re: iTunes Ecosystem?? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-01-27 23:25 -0500
  Re: iTunes Ecosystem?? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-01-28 04:29 +0000
  Re: iTunes Ecosystem?? Doug Anderson <ethelthelogremovethis@gmail.com> - 2014-01-27 21:30 -0800
  Re: iTunes Ecosystem?? Tim McNamara <timmcn@bitstream.net> - 2014-01-28 00:00 -0600
    Re: iTunes Ecosystem?? Doug Anderson <ethelthelogremovethis@gmail.com> - 2014-01-27 22:14 -0800
    Re: iTunes Ecosystem?? John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2014-01-28 06:51 -0800
    Re: iTunes Ecosystem?? Matthew Lybanon <lybanon@earthlink.net> - 2014-01-28 09:25 -0600
    Re: iTunes Ecosystem?? "M. John Matlaw" <nouser@invalid.com> - 2014-01-28 10:26 -0500
    Re: iTunes Ecosystem?? Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2014-01-28 11:01 -0500
    Re: iTunes Ecosystem?? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-01-28 16:55 +0000
      Re: iTunes Ecosystem?? "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2014-01-29 01:58 +0000
      Re: iTunes Ecosystem?? Tim McNamara <timmcn@bitstream.net> - 2014-01-28 21:53 -0600
  Re: iTunes Ecosystem?? J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2014-01-28 07:27 -0500
  Re: iTunes Ecosystem?? rcp27g@gmail.com - 2014-01-28 08:24 -0800
    Re: iTunes Ecosystem?? Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2014-01-28 18:21 -0500
      Re: iTunes Ecosystem?? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-01-28 20:38 -0700
        Re: iTunes Ecosystem?? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-01-29 15:01 +0000
          Re: iTunes Ecosystem?? erilar <drache@chibardun.net.invalid> - 2014-01-29 19:34 -0600
            Re: iTunes Ecosystem?? J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2014-01-29 23:20 -0500
  Re: iTunes Ecosystem?? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2014-01-28 09:41 -0800

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