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Apple Wins the 2002 Technical Grammy Award
Therlin writes "For the first time the first technical Grammy given to a PC Company, and that company is Apple. From the original Macintosh with its built in recording capabilities to iTunes and iPod, Apple has stayed ahead of the game." See Apple's Press Release for the official spin.
first post (my first)...neat stuff. apple might be in a few more movies than it already is in as a result of this. more stuff for mac addics to rave about. maybe this'll convince apple to be comming out with final cut pro even faster now ;)
moox. for a new generation.
I remember having loads of fun with an old powerbook recording all sorts of neat stuff. I miss this on my new computer.
Okay, that's just me up on a soapbox. I think Apple getting the award is pretty cool though.
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This isn't news, it's a press release. Written by Apple. An advertisement you might say. And not a very interesting one.
Far as I know, more release quality music is done on an Atari ST's than is done on a Mac. Why not give them a Mac? They were revolutionary. But oh yeah, they're not cool.
Why not give a grammy to Moog, or someone else who really advanced digital music? Hell, Roland and Creative Labs both did more for digital music than Apple.
iPod? A useful device, but it hasn't exactly changed the world. There's nothing it does that hasn't been done before (by a number of devices sometimes, but whatever).
Why not give Sony a grammy for the Clie with an integrated MP3 player? Or to the other companies that actually innovated music, digital or otherwise?
But they're not cool enough. The hundreds of important technical innovations were ignored, because their creators just weren't as kewl as Apple.
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Let's not stir that bag of worms...
The subtitle of slashdot is "News for Nerds. Stuff that matters." This story fails on both counts. It was announced weeks ago that Apple would win a Grammy, so this is not news. And I think it's obvious that it doesn't matter(as the headline says, it's just a Grammy, not an Oscar!).
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Apple strives to protect the rights of both intellectual property owners and consumers alike and believes there is a "middle path" in digital music distribution which actively discourages the theft of music, while at the same time preserving consumers' rights to manage and listen to their legally-acquired music on whatever devices they own. Apple's iTunes and iPod are leading examples of responsible, successful digital music solutions that are embraced by both consumers and the music industry.
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makes you wonder whatever happened to the beatles' beef with apple.
the company (apple computer) was expressly forbidden to take part in the music industry.
I don't the the original macs had recording capabilities built in. I had to buy an external mic/digitizer that connected through the serial port. I think it was called MacRecorder or MacRecorder II.
Apple's press release says "built-in audio capabilities" but I think that is referring to the ability to play audio.
Is there a technical Grammy for Best RDF?
Was that out loud?
Previous Tech Award winners are listed here.
(Yes, the Grammy site is hosted on AOL. Almost as good as akamai, I suppose.)
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Serves that industry right to have to share the stage with the only computer vendor with the cojones to protect our rights. I'd love to see the look on Hilary Rosen's face when this one's announced. (BITCH)