Greg In The Desert

Autoblog discusses the Ford Ranger from this Forbes article.

Ford sold 75,673 Rangers to Nissan’s 42,229 Frontiers in the first seven months of the year. Forbes brings up the dismal crash test scores and owner satisfaction. What is the explanation for this sales volume? American loyalty for domestic trucks, deep discounts, and the Ranger name are all cited. There are some serious discounts on this truck, even before the Ford Family Plan you could get $3000 in rebates. The Ranger nameplate still has some solid value, and Ford would be wise to heavily revise this vehicle before they totally destroy its goodwill.

I have a 1996 Ford Ranger, so I read these things with interest. The Ranger is a good truck but it’s hardly changed. It would be cool if they came out with a hybrid version.

“it’s stupid to buy an iPod” is what Napster CEO Chris Gorog is hoping to convince people in this Forbes article. His logic about the current Napster being like a P2P system is kind of bizarre becasue it itn’t anything like that, but whatever. He also seems to think that they can convince people in droves that the subscription model is better. Notice however, that no where do you hear that if you cancel your subscription, your music fails to play anymore. You are forever stuck to whatever service you bought the music with, I like iTunes better. If iTunes goes under, I can still play the music.

Plus, has the new Napster ever made any money from selling music