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A little too late..
Microsoft's media formats suck. Too bloated, to slow to load compared to standard formats.

No reason to switch unless you like being locked into the crappy Windows model.

I'll pass the deutchie.
Posted by: FreeBSD   Posted on: 11/17/03 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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WMA Can't fight its own battles  Harry Bardal | 11/17/03
Yeah.  vdraken | 11/17/03
Wrong  tic swayback | 11/17/03
Nope.  vdraken | 11/18/03
Reality Check  Harry Bardal | 11/17/03
AMEN...!!  Hard Cider | 11/17/03
Choice of 1 player is no choice.  vdraken | 11/18/03
Got any facts? Didn't think so...  Rick_K | 11/17/03
See above..  vdraken | 11/18/03
still waiting  ryusen | 11/17/03
1 billion free songs or 200,000 pay songs?  cybershoplifter | 11/17/03
nobody will buy M$ music!  screaming silence | 11/17/03
Uh huh, 95% is 'no one'.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/17/03
Apple is the Microsoft of online music  tic swayback | 11/17/03
95% Of Zero Is Still Zero!  cybershoplifter | 11/17/03
Come back in a year and say it.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/17/03
We'll see  tic swayback | 11/17/03
Indeed we will.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/17/03
Bigger, Stronger, but Smarter too?  Franklin_z | 11/17/03
Lion's Share  Harry Bardal | 11/17/03
Possibly... advantage of being a predatory monopolist  MacCanuck | 11/18/03
music sounds bad on WMP!  screaming silence | 11/17/03
To your tin ear I imagine so.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/17/03
Got any links?  tic swayback | 11/17/03
I agree, MP3's are at the bottom.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/17/03
Yep...  BitTwiddler | 11/17/03
Re: Uh huh, 95% is 'no one'  middle of nowhere | 11/17/03
Pot, kettle, black?  Rick_K | 11/17/03
Screaming Silence, that's an opinion; not a fact.  GraysonPeddie | 11/17/03
A very smart move.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/17/03
How smart?  tic swayback | 11/17/03
Income from the content providers.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/17/03
Huh?  tic swayback | 11/17/03
Good question, here's the answer.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/17/03
Where do you get your numbers?  Rick_K | 11/17/03
Content Providers?  Rick_K | 11/17/03
xbox u think it's a winner!  cybershoplifter | 11/17/03
Sony sure thinks so.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/17/03
um what are u talking about  cybershoplifter | 11/17/03
Actually its higher  berck | 11/17/03
Given the headstart you expeced what?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/17/03
PS2 1year older than XBox  berck | 11/17/03
Wheres the link?  Rick_K | 11/17/03
Good luck  tic swayback | 11/17/03
A little too late..  FreeBSD | 11/17/03
You have to be kidding...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/17/03
Yes, for low sampling rates  berck | 11/17/03
ACC at 128 sounds as good as mp3 at 160  cybershoplifter | 11/17/03
Depends on the codec  berck | 11/17/03
I delete them (wma) but keep mp3's  cybershoplifter | 11/17/03
High bit rate MP3s?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/17/03
i think he's saying  ryusen | 11/17/03
Honestly, it's a toss up.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/17/03
exactly!  ryusen | 11/18/03
Message has been deleted.  FreeBSD | 11/17/03
Turn on a sixpence  Nigel Johnstone | 11/17/03
It's NOT about users. It's the providers.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/17/03
Repeat after me, competition is GOOD.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/17/03
of course it's good  ryusen | 11/17/03
I see, your scared they may win the competition.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/17/03
What competition?  Zoraster | 11/17/03
Re: What competition?  GraysonPeddie | 11/17/03
sometimes...  ryusen | 11/18/03
A couple of questions  Nick Green | 11/17/03
Not ironic  Rick_K | 11/17/03
Competition is good, but MS is bad  Rick_K | 11/17/03
Re. Repeat after me, competition is GOOD.  Chipper1963 | 11/17/03
Re. Repeat after me, competition is GOOD.  Chipper1963 | 11/17/03
riaa will love this  lmaxwell | 11/17/03
Here we go again...  BitTwiddler | 11/17/03
No more replies accepted to that post?  BitTwiddler | 11/17/03
That competition is good thing you keep talking about  FilledOut | 11/18/03
Hey No_Axe...  Patrick Jones | 11/18/03
Isn't microsoft Indian (India) for backpeddle?  Spoon Jabber | 11/18/03
W W W . L I N U X C A D . C O M  unixguy@... | 11/18/03
MS lies again... what a surprise!  MacCanuck | 11/18/03
Competiton means you don't have to buy it  FilledOut | 11/18/03
I sure won't  Rick_K | 11/18/03
And right you are in making your choice not to  FilledOut | 11/19/03

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