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Posted by NRen2k5 on 05/30/06 13:50
ZnU wrote:
> In article <ZDJeg.11364$Zc7.133870@wagner.videotron.net>,
> NRen2k5 <nomore@email.com> wrote:
>
>> Jim wrote:
>>> NRen2k5 <nomore@email.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Help me out here... Why should Apple pay a royalty to Microsoft for
>>>>> their DRM system, when they already have one that does what it's
>>>>> supposed to do?
>>>> Because their CEO is a madman.
>>> Define 'madman'.
>> Unwilling to follow conventions or accept reality.
>
> Reality is that Apple dominates the market and their grip shows no signs
> of slipping.
Reality is that their hold on the market, and the way in which they're
keeping it, is unfair to competition - both in the MP3 player market and
in the online music market.
> Given this, why should Apple deliberately help Microsoft, of all
> companies, get a foothold?
It isn't about helping Microsoft. It's about helping the little guy.
> Microsoft had repeatedly demonstrated a
> tendency to use its control of 'standards' to manipulate the market to
> the detriment of other players.
And I never said that that was good. Two wrongs don't make a right.
- NRen2k5
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