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The end of WMA
The hidden result of Apple's move is going to be the death of WMA. Why would any store or player manufacturer support WMA anymore, if DRM is no longer necessary? Why pay the extra licensing fee for a file format that hardly anyone uses on their portable player (given that the vast majority of players are iPods that don't support it).

Say what you will about Steve Jobs and his DRM attitudes, he has effectively killed off the proprietary WMA format in favor of the open AAC format (along with the obvious and most popular open format of all, mp3). Good news for consumers, bad news for Microsoft as they won't have as much control over the market as they'd like.
Posted by: tic swayback   Posted on: 04/04/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Squirting Still Limited?  BlackDiamond | 04/04/07
Doubt that would change  voska | 04/04/07
So If...  BlackDiamond | 04/17/07
From the "ME TOO" Dept.  systemx | 04/04/07
No kidding...  shawkins | 04/05/07
Yeah, right....  BitTwiddler | 04/04/07
Follow the leader  dave95. | 04/04/07
Actually Microsoft said it first  voska | 04/04/07
Actually Jobs said it first happy  dave95. | 04/04/07
DRM  DannyO_0x98 | 04/04/07
My Link say 2004  voska | 04/05/07
Thanks for the link - here is mine  dave95. | 04/05/07
I'd like to see this article (nt)  CobraA1 | 04/04/07
Vaporware. Ho-hum, move along folks.  HypnoToad72 | 04/04/07
The end of WMA  tic swayback | 04/04/07
Microsoft sees DRM-free music in Zune's future  Loverock Davidson | 04/04/07
Once again you make up facts  Michael Kelly | 04/04/07
Hilarious  dave95. | 04/04/07
What's the point?  olePigeon | 04/04/07
And where did you aquire such information  GuidingLight | 04/04/07
Ever heard of Google?  whisperycat | 04/05/07
At a premium??  techboy_z | 04/05/07
DRM-Free Zune Instructions  iMouse | 04/06/07
Only because Apple saw it first  Boot_Agnostic | 04/06/07
M$ knockoffs  baylors | 04/13/07

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