No Fl trip in the immediate future. Son who lived in Fl moved closer to me so no real reason any longer. Yeah, those shoulda, coulda are best left on the back burner. It could have gone the other way just as easy.
Agree about B&M. Malone made a hell of a deal when he picked up 1/2 of siri when bankruptcy was a foregone conclusion and it was at .05. But it was the only game in town, no one else had deep pockets or interest at the time. Market in turmoil w/ housing crash, etc. Malone probably going to buy bigger interest over time but who knows. If Pandora can get it's finances in better order, their free steaming is still competition even in autos/bluetooth. They don't have the auto mkt tied up like siri/xm does obviously. Just as the world has gone from an annual pay as you go system like aol, etc to adverting system--free but ads moving all the time eating up data, there's a demand for both options. Consolidation of siri/pandora would be a nice fit.