 PeteC2Got Mouse?Premium,MVM
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| Wow...so much anger! Without a doubt, those who fail to see the changes in the marketplace that technology brings generally go away...nothing new there! I remember when I gradually had to take my business away from the local mom and pop video store, because an "upstart" called Blockbuster simply had a much better, fresher selection of video media (I felt bad, but Blockbuster simply had a better business model in their day)...now they become the dinosaurs...and so it goes. I used to frequent BB back in the VCR days, and gradually over time, they simply became irrelavant to my media needs.
I can tell you that many of their lower-mid tier managers have been leaving for quite some time now and moving on to other franchises such as Radio Shack, Best Buy, etc.
What I find curious is the fairly harsh rhetoric because of their apparently imminent demise. Some businesses adapt and evolve, others simply fade away.
I once was a satisfied customer of AOL, back when they were a dedicated on-line service (such as CompuServe) prior to being an Internet provider. Left them long, long ago when they became irrelavant, but they had a good service in their day.
I suspect that in the near future we'll be saying "Blockbuster, R.I.P."
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