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Re: iTunes Ecosystem??

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On 2014-01-29, Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:
> 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?

My thoughts exactly. Much ado about nothing...

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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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