If manufacturing and distribution are no longer barriers to entry, the scary question for the record companies is whether any other barriers to entry remain.
In the old days, manufacturing plants and distribution networks created sizeable barriers to entry which kept upstarts out of the record companies' business.
Hsu Sheng-yueh, a high-school graduate, took the CPU exam in July, passed with flying colors but was denied entry because his father had a criminal record.
Current Nimble users know that a lot of the data entry concerns raised by critics have been solved because Nimble automatically associates Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter profiles to a contact record.