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Penn State Students to Get Free Music From Napster
Mr. Show writes "Napster and Penn State have unveiled a deal to give faculty and students free access to music beginning next spring. The deal would give students only limited access to downloads, so presumably most of the free music will come through the streaming service that would otherwise cost a monthly fee. Will this help curb piracy on college campuses?" It might, except for students that don't run Windows.
Nothing necessarily has to be cut. They could have a budget surplus, you know.
evil adrian
Well, I like how everyone here is taking a good thing and spinning it as if it were a personal attack. Have you even complained that the free anti-virus software is for Windows? This is called progress people and you can't get to point a to b without taking steps. Also, how many people really use Linux here for their desktop? The answer is most likely a fraction of a percent. What if they include Linux and Mac support? Should everyone with Commodores, Solaris, and non-networked PCs complain? Give the administration a break for trying to make students happy.
"Oh no! They offer Internet and I don't have a network card! I demand network services shut off for everyone until they get the sneaker net up!"
See how silly that sounds? Windows is a majority people. If Napster could make money supporting Linux and Mac, I'm sure they wouldn't neglect that portion of the market.
Well, I like how everyone here is taking a good thing and spinning it as if it were a personal attack. Have you even complained that the free anti-virus software is for Windows? This is called progress people and you can't get to point a to b without taking steps. Also, how many people really use Linux here for their desktop? The answer is most likely a fraction of a percent. What if they include Linux and Mac support? Should everyone with Commodores, Solaris, and non-networked PCs complain? Give the administration a break for trying to make students happy.
"Oh no! They offer Internet and I don't have a network card! I demand network services shut off for everyone until they get the sneaker net up!"
See how silly that sounds? Windows is a majority people. If Napster could make money supporting Linux and Mac, I'm sure they wouldn't neglect that portion of the market.