http://bobcaswell.disqus.com/Media consumer, tech enthusiast, and bloggerenThu, 07 Dec 2006 01:01:45 -0000http://bobcaswell.com/2006/12/06/ipod-alternatives-who-is-switching-and-why/#comment-1180530<p>That would be pretty funny if he made the whole thing up just to shoot down the idea of alternatives. But I'm guessing that when a lot of letters come in with the same question, it *does* get special attention, though admittedly that's one in however many other factors (like what he had for lunch) that determines what makes the Q Whatever the reasoning in this case, you're probably right that number of people may not have been it...</p>Bob CaswellThu, 07 Dec 2006 01:01:45 -0000http://bobcaswell.com/2006/12/06/ipod-alternatives-who-is-switching-and-why/#comment-1180529<p>Yeah, well, I have a feeling they don't choose which letters to respond to based on how many people have the same question. I'd guess columnist interest in the question has more to do with it.</p><p>Maybe he even made the question up himself to set up his own straw man who doesn't like an iPod (seriously, who doesn't love their iPod?!--there can't be that many people) just to throw in that "less satisfactory" remark . . . .</p>LoganThu, 07 Dec 2006 00:45:52 -0000