--- Daniel Sniderman <fuzzbone@...> wrote:

> Pardon me - but I was born in Chicago, IL in 1962. I'm an American and
> have
> lived here all my life. I'm not "stereotyping Americans". I'm stating my
> OPINION of what is wrong with my country. If you are unable to deal with
> any sort of criticism - I apologize.

The day any other country, or all of them combined, comes anywhere close to
the innovation and global economic benefits the US provides, there'll be
something /arguably/ wrong with Americans' sense of self-importance.

Remember, without us there'd be no Internet.

> I DO believe that we are arrogant and never consider markets outside our
> own.

That's because it takes ten times the population to make the same money in
any other market.

> Almost every article I've read talks about EQ being the "Largest"
> MMORPG Game. It's not. There's a Korean game that's larger. It's much

Who gives a rat's ass? Imagine the world of computing if they'd been left to
themselves in Korea...<snort>

"When are they going to port EverQuest to the Abacus?"

> larger. Whether their number is 2.7 million as they claim - or something
> close to 800K (not sure - as Tallies show they use some voodoo accounting
> to
> get that number) - only looking at the American market when talking about
> "The Largest" or "Best" is a failing that we'd be better off if we expanded

I'll take American customers over Korean ones 2:1 any day. It's no
coincidence that our income and standard of living are more than double
theirs.

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