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This is frivolous, like all anti-MS suits
As a Mac user, I'm shut out of the MS-backed music sites, not that it's any great loss, but where is my "choice" this suit supposedly addresses? Windows users have the option and choice as Apple has at least Windows covered re iTunesMS and the iPod.

Since the beginning of home computer OSs people have had the choice of many OSs. Didn't stop MS from being sued because they "forced" everyone to use Windows. MacOS? Pish tosh, didn't exist! Linux? No, there is NO way that I was using Linux back in 1993 because that would mean that I had the choice to use a non Windows OS? The definition of "choice" seems to be up to the courts. We will see if the courts decide that no one has any choices with iTunes in the same way a court decided that no one had any choices with Windows.

Bill Gates' "You can have any music choice you want, as long as it's MS owned, backed and/or controlled."?

Steve Jobs: "You can have any music choice (or software choice: OSX) as long as it is Apple owned, backed, and/or controlled." I can't even install Quicktime anymore without be FORCED to install iTunes. I don't want iTunes but I'm FORCED to install it because some people distribute quicktime videos that I want to see. Where is my CHOICE?

Apple hasn't been formally convicted of a major federal offense yet.
Posted by: NonZealot   Posted on: 02/14/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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I wonder how Apple will fare  rpmyers1 | 02/14/05
DRM can be removed..  d_jedi | 02/14/05
It was only a matter of time  htotten | 02/14/05
Following ZDNet poster logic...  NonZealot | 02/14/05
I would say that is true. Every company wants  bjbrock | 02/14/05
Monopolies are perfectly legal  tic swayback | 02/14/05
It speaks of frivolous...  MacCanuck | 02/14/05
This is frivolous, like all anti-MS suits  NonZealot | 02/14/05
Nice try Mr WindowsZealot  MacCanuck | 02/15/05
Now now  FilledOut | 02/15/05
I'm here  dave95 | 02/14/05
Interesting  ParadigmOdyssey | 02/14/05
If you go to Wal-Mart's music store, they state  bjbrock | 02/14/05
AMEN for the HEADLINE  Update victim | 02/14/05
deceitful?  JakAttak | 02/14/05
Good point, but...  Fred Fredrickson | 02/14/05
Perhaps  TWRX | 02/14/05
It's still $10,000  rpmyers1 | 02/14/05
Plenty of free music out there  tic swayback | 02/14/05
Wrong  olePigeon | 02/14/05
Correction  tic swayback | 02/14/05
Excactly...  olePigeon | 02/14/05
How much?  rpmyers1 | 02/14/05
So you'd rather pay $1400...  olePigeon | 02/14/05
You and Napster.......  dave95 | 02/14/05
$15 a month, or free?  tic swayback | 02/14/05
Oooch - that was fast  dave95 | 02/14/05
Significant Restraint?  AC_MA | 02/14/05
Not the point  NonZealot | 02/14/05
More than one  tic swayback | 02/14/05
Apple may be very restrictive  voska | 02/14/05
This has zero chance of succeeding  tic swayback | 02/14/05
Agreed... Not worth a post. (nt)  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/14/05
Okay, this is getting weird  tic swayback | 02/14/05
IDIOTS! ARGH! You don't see me suing Valve!  olePigeon | 02/14/05
Is allofmp3.com a legal alternative?  tic swayback | 02/14/05
This is a poodle barking  osreinstall | 02/14/05
Don't blame the whole country  tic swayback | 02/14/05

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