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De Facto Standards

Okay, there's constant talk on these boards about how IE is
the "de facto standard" and web coders should have to code
for it.

Are the same people willing to say the same thing about
WMA? Let's take a look at the numbers:
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2003/nov/06itunes.html

Apple's iTunes music store sold 80% of the songs sold
online in the last week. They sold 5 times what Napster
sold in the same period. They sold 20 times what all of the
other online services sold in the same period. They are, to
quote Steve Jobs, "the Microsoft of music stores."

So now isn't it time for everyone else to recognize this de
facto standard? Shouldn't hardware manufacturers be
adding AAC support to their devices? Shouldn't we all just
give up on this WMA format and it's ridiculously tiny
marketshare?

Posted by: tic swayback   Posted on: 11/07/03 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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