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iTunes in Microsoft's sights?
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I was trying to read up on the whole "Windows XP mp3 debacle" at Microsoft.com to try to convince a friend to go Mac instead of Windows and found an interesting comparison. MS is touting the new "third party" support for mp3 ripping in Windows Media Player. They have a chart comparing WMP, Real Jukebox, Music Match, and iTunes. I understand the RJ and MM comparisons, but why iTunes? It doesn't even work on Windows. Are they "scared" of the multimedia capabilities of OS X?
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probably because there going to make a version of WMP for the mac.
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<Jacke [Remote]>
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A WMP for Mac supporting playback of other files than WinMedia files? I'll believe it when I see it.
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The only way Microsoft is gonna establish its media format is if its crossplatform-Linux.
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More good old M$ FUD.
Burn Audio CDs up to 700% faster than previous versions1.
1 Comparing Windows Media Player 7.x's standard 2x burn speed to the latest generation of consumer 17x CD-R/RW drives running on Windows XP.
Humm...now I wonder why it is 700% faster. I wonder why did they need to use such different burners? Could it be because it's actually slower then previous versions? Or was it so they could just get the most dramatic improvement is speed.
Their little "feature comparison" was funny. Out of all of those things the only one I would want to see in iTunes or any MP3 software is the equalizer.
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The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive.
- Thomas Jefferson, 1787
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Originally posted by alphamatrix:
<STRONG>The only way Microsoft is gonna establish its media format is if its crossplatform-Linux.</STRONG>
I have to disagree with this somewhat. From a practical, real-world standpoint, there is really no reason for MS to go cross-platform in order to impose its "standard" over other formats. They already have something like 90+% of the market. With that kind of clout, they can easily push their media formats down the collective throats of the public. All they have to do is give it away and the masses will use it without question.
Being cross-platform really doesn't matter. The idea is to eliminate, or at least severely marginalize, the other platforms by sheer weight of numbers. And MS does have the numbers.
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Resistance is futile.
M$ will probably introduce an audio format that can be easily traced, so as to track down any illegal sharing of copyrighted material. And the masses will gobble it up because they think M$ is good.
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[FONT="book antiqua"]"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be."
- Thomas Jefferson, 1816.[/FONT]
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