quoted 6 lines Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 23:44:18 -0400 (EDT)
> Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 23:44:18 -0400 (EDT)
> From: The Chisa <matt@holland.deathhouse.net>
>
> You still have to install CODECS to encode
> mp3s, and Windows XP suppresses THAT, too.
> Yes, it does.
I've been out of the puter/techy loop for a while, so
maybe I've really just missed this - could you please
forward to me any information documenting that Windows
XP actually somehow suppresses and disables the MP3 or
other audio codecs of other companies? Not that I
don't trust you, I just find it difficult to believe
that, for example, upgrading to Windows XP will render
LAME.EXE (or WinDAC, or Audiograbber, or whatever's
yer poison) inoperable or crippled...
I find it difficult to believe that MS would release
an OS that openly and blatantly cripples commonly used
software written by other people - that seems like it
would be a major, obvious antitrust violation right
off the bat. It seems especially wrong if it somehow
cripples your music-making software.
Even if they did do that, I find it difficult to
believe that I and many other would not simply drop
Windows and switch to Linux. I've been contemplating
doing it lately, anyway, and the only thing keeping me
from it has been that I'm used to Windows and don't
have too many problems with it. Were they to cripple
the main software I tend to use on my computer, I'd
switch in a heartbeat. It'll be harder if the rumors
are true that Loki is going under, as I'd want to get
Linux versions of my favorite games, I'd still make
do.
Not that I have to upgrade to XP, either - we can all
keep running 98 or ME or whatever.
quoted 4 lines Even MP3 must be replaced/deprecated someday...
> > Even MP3 must be replaced/deprecated someday...
>
> I also agree with this, as I tried to illustrate
> in my "they did it with DVD" section of my rant.
You're correct, and I got your point earlier - I was
talking about other audio formats, not breaking the
copyright protection that people might be putting in
place. Which I guess, in a way, is kinda the same
thing.
-A?am
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