On 16/01/2004, at 10:06 AM, L Pohl wrote:
A telling quote from Justine Milne, BigPond managing director:
"iPods don't (work with BigPond Music) - that's Apple's device and it's an
Apple ambush, I guess the question is would you be prepared to bet against
Microsoft? I wouldn't," Mr Milne said.
<http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/ 0,4057,8396912%255E15306,00.html>
Ambush ??? And this jerk is the MD of bigPond. Shudder.
I've even seen one journalist refer to Apple's "Proprietary file
format". Proprietary?? AAC is part of the MPEG4 standard. With which
particular non-proprietary standard does WMP comply?
What's wrong with just using MP3? WMP recognises it, and it actually
works on MP3 players! All of them! And we wouldn't be stuffing
around with all this platform rubbish.
Who would have thought that the old platform wars would be
resurrected in the online music scene. Music files have
historically been among the most platform-agnostic around, and here
we have all sorts of companies (it's not just Telstra) doing their
utmost to make sure their fare will not work on the iPod.
Being a tin ear i don't understand all this, however,.
Does this mean that HP have bought themselves a Lemon ipod not an
Apple iPod ?
It would not seem to be in Telestra's commercial interest to act
this way. As we still own 51% perhaps it's a matter which should be
drawn to the Ministers attention ?
Now I'll go back to listening to Peter Dawson on my 78 gramophone.
John
