LETTERS
  iPod Revolution Is in Store for Music
  December 26, 2004
  http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-letters26.4dec26,1,37941.story

What is truly significant about the iPod is not its appearance and
style, but that it represents the creation of a portable device that,
in theory and in practice, can store and play all music ever recorded
("King of Music Players," Nov. 25).

This has profound implications for the music industry and those
industries that produce other types of music players.

For instance, iPod technology has made the CD format obsolete. CD
players, in turn, also are obsolete.

In fact, the current business model of the music industry itself has
been made obsolete by the digital music format and the accompanying
digital music players, such as the iPod.

David Holmes
Woodland Hills