OT Re: Interfaces: PC and MAC and the screenGamma property...

[Alex Rice]

On Jan 3, 2004, at 9:41 PM, Chipp Walters wrote:

>  I-Tunes is the 'BETAMAX' to the rest of the online Music 'VHS'. And 
> those who invest in the 'beta' technology will end up not being able 
> to use the scores of other hardware, software and media retail/online 
> outlets for their music needs. While I applaud Apple for innovating 
> the finest current hardware/software model for music 
> distribution,IMHO,  it's only a matter of a couple of years before 
> they become an also-ran in this market-- unless they can provide some 
> sort of standard which can be shared by other players, including DELL, 
> HP, SONY, etc.

No, OggVorbis is the BETAMAX of online music :-)

Burn a CD from iTunes, then rip the files back to .mp3 format- is what 
a lot of users are doing.

That is a major concession by the record companies, thanks to Apple. 
The itunes model is closest there is to having a real-CD-in-hand type 
of ownership.

I read that Apple is using iTunes solely to drive iPod sales. So I 
guess it makes sense they are not being altruistic and supporting other 
brands of players at this point.

But the iTunes store file format is MPEG + the AAC codec. So is the DRM 
the only thing preventing other players from doing .m4p files directly?

Alex Rice <alex at mindlube.com> | Mindlube Software | 
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