----- Original Message ----- From: "Ham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 9:18 AM Subject: Re: NHPR bitcasts
> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Bruce Dawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: Marc Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 8:41 AM > Subject: Re: NHPR bitcasts > > > > Their most recent response (I'm > > looking for my copy of those messages now) was that Microsoft was a > significant > > contributor to NHPR, > > Likely they are a contributor of software as well as dollars and this helps > generate the vicious cycle. > > >and that the volume of requests for Real Audio was too > > small. (I wonder how many requests they got for Microsoft's Player versus > how > > many requests they got for just a live audio stream). > > Bingo! Its not as if there was a poll as to which product to use. They > picked one used by most people and then can claim quite correctly, surprise, > that not many people ask for anything else. Its all about the majority > governs. This rule applies in many areas and places where it shouldn't, but > there it is. Governs means the minority on an issue have no say and > essentially do not exist. > I find this odd. What about Mac users? It seems to me that there is a large overlap in membership of the group that owns MacIntosh computers and the group that listens to NPR. Do Mac users have access to Windows technology to listen to streaming audio? If not, they must be alientated too. Rich Cloutier President, C*O SYSTEM SUPPORT SERVICES www.sysupport.com ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
