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SO why then do all new DVD playes use WMV?
Guess you missed that one huh?
Posted by: No_Ax_to_Grind   Posted on: 08/26/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Fer sher dude  Squawkbox | 08/25/04
Will they have a ghetto version? Plaz fo' sha'  Xunil_Sierutuf | 08/26/04
'Plays for sure' means DRM inside  Seething Ganglia | 08/25/04
Exactly  V Sanders | 08/26/04
re Exactly  V Sanders | 08/26/04
Don't they me "Pays for sure"...  el1jones | 08/26/04
Ummm clue for you, ALL legal music downloads have DRM  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/26/04
Not true at all  tic swayback | 08/26/04
As if there were something wrong with non-M$ formats?  CobraA1 | 08/25/04
Is this false advertising again?  Fred Fredrickson | 08/26/04
Waste of time...  Jomo_z | 08/26/04
Not Microsoft proprietary format  GregSalts | 08/26/04
Tablet PCs?  CobraA1 | 08/26/04
Because that's what the content OWNERS want.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/26/04
DRM is not exclusive to Microsoft  tic swayback | 08/26/04
I agree. In the future all content will have DRM.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/26/04
I disagree  tic swayback | 08/26/04
Sure, and some people believe the world is flat.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/26/04
Not much of a response, No Ax  tic swayback | 08/26/04
Well, then the world IS flat to some of them  AbsolutelyNot | 08/26/04
What about a Creative Commons type license  The King's Servant | 08/26/04
Correction  Rick_K | 08/26/04
plays for sure?  V Sanders | 08/26/04
My Linux box has a sticker..  Xunil_Sierutuf | 08/26/04
so..  Brag | 08/26/04
Halo for PC is not worth it... no co-op mode!  Xunil_Sierutuf | 08/26/04
I have a toy OS machine too  Michael Kelly | 08/26/04
You use Windows when you want to join the real world?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/26/04
Fort all the bluster, Xunil looks like a closet Windows fan.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/26/04
Use a console, not a PC  nomorems | 08/26/04
That says, no legal players allowed.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/26/04
I can do whatever I want with my PC as well  GregSalts | 08/26/04
A new Microsoft Oxymoron  nucrash | 08/26/04
Plays with Itself  Nigel Johnstone | 08/26/04
SO why then do all new DVD playes use WMV?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/26/04
More corporate parasites riding MS's coattails...  MacCanuck | 08/26/04
And that matters how?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/26/04
Corps using MS WMV because of quality and consumer  MacCanuck | 08/26/04
I see your mistake...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/26/04
Do they actually use it?  tic swayback | 08/26/04
Sure do.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/26/04
So it's not on the market yet then  tic swayback | 08/26/04
Can't say...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/26/04
They don't  Nigel Johnstone | 08/26/04
Been called out on this one  AbsolutelyNot | 08/26/04
Niche = 95% of ALL users.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/26/04
No, not even 0.95%  Nigel Johnstone | 08/26/04
It's funny, No_Ax is always  dave95 | 08/26/04
Now, FOR SURE,  James Dean_z | 08/26/04
Near ubiquity??  jstead1 | 08/26/04
EACH BOX TO INCLUDE MINI JOHN ASHCROFT  itanalyst | 08/26/04
You mean like the IPod... (nt)  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/26/04
Huh?  tic swayback | 08/26/04
Stay tuned...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/26/04
Commercial suicide  tic swayback | 08/26/04
I see your mistake.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/26/04
A reasonable assumption  tic swayback | 08/26/04
For the same reasons we have discussed before.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/26/04
And these new efforts are doomed to failure  tic swayback | 08/26/04
No_Ax, you argue things you seemingly know nothing  mlindl | 08/27/04
Bumper-sticker marketing  Chris Moller | 08/26/04
Bill Gates for president!  Roger Ramjet | 08/26/04
That has got the be the stupidest thing I have ever heard!  Alpha_Female | 08/26/04
stupidest?....  JoeMama_z | 08/26/04
WHEN IS LINUX GOING TO ALLOW ME TO PLAY CO-OP DONKEY KONG??  itanalyst | 08/26/04
When  Brag | 08/26/04
Counterstrike on Linux? You got it!  itanalyst | 08/26/04
Won't play on a Mac or Linux, for sure  tic swayback | 08/26/04
Are you suggesting Apple can't play WMA?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/26/04
Yes, that is completely factual  tic swayback | 08/26/04
All that's needed is...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/26/04
Or MS could build the player  tic swayback | 08/26/04
You explained MS's reasons nicely...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/26/04
Reasons  Roger Ramjet | 08/26/04
MS has different strategies from Apple  tic swayback | 08/26/04
tic, I don't agree.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/26/04
Desktops/World Dominance versus portable player lead  tic swayback | 08/26/04
Bull ?h!t Alert  Rick_K | 08/26/04
That tricky little license question  AbsolutelyNot | 08/26/04
Interesting partnership...  MacCanuck | 08/26/04
Interesting yes indeed  dave95 | 08/26/04
Ya' know...  crystalattice@... | 08/26/04
Would you believe me if I told you  The King's Servant | 08/26/04
It always helps to inform the consumer.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/26/04
and Mac, BSD, OpenUNIX, OpenWARE, NetWare, SunOS, Solaris  The King's Servant | 08/26/04
Better yet  tic swayback | 08/26/04
That makes no sense at all.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/26/04
Yes fool  The King's Servant | 08/26/04
Microtroll Inside.... Sound to me microsft is scare of linux being inside  M_c | 08/26/04
Another Microsoft lie  mlindl | 08/27/04

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