My entire CD collection is ripped to FLAC first. Then I encode 2 further copies, one in MP3 and the other in OGG. MP3 for the kids and OGG for my Ipod Video which has Rockbox as my ears preferred the quality of OGG over MP3. It can even play FLAC if I really wanted but takes up too much space. If they ever decide to get rid of CDs I am going to be hard pressed to find FLAC music online, so I say YES, lets tell the music industry we want FLAC! However as one poster has already commented, CD quality was never really quality. 16bit 44100Hz Stereo is not a 'scratch' on analogue, infinitely variable, vinyl :)

Yes as I am living proof, but I worked my way up from being a Operator (Tape Monkey as we were called then) to being an Oracle and SQL Server Database Admin earning £44K in the UK. I dont even have any computing qualifications, except for course certificate for which I never took any examinations. You just need a lucky break, and also, its not what you know but who you know that can get you in the door.