MP3.com founder to Jobs: open up iTunes and iPods. Do you agree?

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Linux is welcome, but MP3 is an aging format

The statement of sticking with MP3 sales of music I don't agree with. MP3 is a format that is showing its age and their are plenty of music codecs out there that have better sound quality with higher compression ratios. AAC, .OGG, even .WMA. Sticking with MP3 only prolongs this aging standard.

I also disagree with opening iTunes up to other players. The iTunes /iPod combination is a package in and of itself. Should should any company feel the need to open up its software or store to rival products? There are plenty of options around people to get music elsewhere, and iPod users are not locked into iTunes.

I think iTunes however should definitely open up the option of the artists/labels being able to choose whether they want fairplay on their tracks or not. There is no reason why a label cannot choose to do so with their own music, and a Linux distribution of iTunes would be a welcome sight as well.

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