Posted by Gary Tait on 06/25/06 14:00

Jd Lyall <jdlyall@bounce.net> wrote in news:IFemg.96$Gv.12@fed1read09:

> I do think that apple should license their drm to anyone who wants to
> use it.
Which will end up being, you can use Fairplay, but you can't be
interoperable with iTMS, iTunes sofware, or the iPod.

>They're going to standard hardware in computers but doing the
> 80's thing with their mp3 player. An mp3 player whose design they bought
> from an outside company, from what I hear.

Yep, PortalPlayer, which they might be dumping for Samsung, depending on
who you read. My understanding is they are only going to dump PP chips on
Flash players, but keep PP chips for HDD based players.

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