Moving from the theological to the practical implications of Sony's snafu, the company couldn't have picked a worse time to offend its customers. Sony has already conceded a six-month head start to competitor Microsoft in the upcoming market-share battle for the next generation of game consoles. Microsoft's Xbox 360 is expected to debut this fall; Sony's PlayStation 3 will not arrive until the spring of 2006. |
The board made a decision to make a change. |
There was just no reason to keep her here any longer. She looked so good. |
We didn't go out of our way to baby Racine scripts. Every piece chosen can stand on its own merit, without regard to where the playwright lives. |
We still have not ruled out that possibility. The wait for a donor heart could be long, and we've definitely seen some improvement in her own heart. |
We've gotten such nice feedback about the festival - some of it from professional playwrights, talking about how well respected it is. |