HP Dumped Napster for Apple

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Posted by michael on Friday February 20, 2004 @04:59AM from the napster-is-dying dept.

Pieter Townshend writes "Found on GMSV: 'In the days leading up to Napster's re-launch last October, a deal that would have put Napster links on millions of Hewlett-Packard computers went bad. HP withdrew from the agreement at the last minute, its reasons for doing so becoming clear three months later when it announced a surprise partnership with Apple to feature the iTunes Music store on HP computers and sell Hewlett-Packard branded iPod music players.'"

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My story with guys from slash-dot by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-20 05:01 · Score: -1, Offtopic

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Napster by the_real_rs · 2004-02-20 05:19 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Why not apple is doing good with paid music. The more downloads the more money. maybe they will make money off the music and sell there computer cheap and maybe make a os for the x86?

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Some software money can't buy. For everything else there's Micros~1
The name PIETER TOWNSHEND by easter1916 · 2004-02-20 05:28 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Too cool! Who are you? Who's next?
Pieter Townshend by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-20 05:36 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Who??
Re:One reason why I think by mpost4 · 2004-02-20 05:37 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Well I am not chasing them down, my coworkers offer them to me, with out me asking. One day one of my coworks saw my iPod on my desk and asked if it was an iPod, when I ansered yes, he said "I have a bunch of Pepsi winning caps you want them." Also I am not drinking soda. I am drinking water. Which is better for you then any soda.
Re:Dog eat.. by zpok · 2004-02-20 06:01 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I'm going to start a web-site and P2P initiative that allows you to copy and download every conceivable closed source program and game.

Then I'm going to sell out, go broke or to jail, not sure yet.

Then someone else is going to open a store with my "brand" name.

Then others can claim it was I who started this "revolutionary" business and talk woozy about it.

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I think, therefore I am...I think.
Re:Sorry Napster by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-20 06:01 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Yeah, unfortunately, Malda enjoys sucking it. Oh, you were talking about a different sellout.
Re:Fly on the wall, eh? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-20 06:05 · Score: -1, Offtopic

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Moderator: That's retarded. Suck my dick and I'll mod you funny
Anonymous Coward: *slurp* *slurp* *slurp*
Re:Yep by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-20 06:09 · Score: -1, Offtopic

A friend of mine works at Apple. He told me that employees receive an extra paid day off if they want to go to San Francsisco fora gay marriage.

According to him, the place has been deserted all this week. A friend of mine at VA Linux said they are in a similar situation.
HP should be sued via class-action by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-20 06:14 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I bought an HP recently. It came so choke-full of shareware and vendor sponsored garbage that it was almost unusable. HP loads their own programs over XP's defaults. I wanted to reinstall XP. Failing to find a CD, I called HP and requested an XP CD. HP refused stating that they could only supply one version of XP for the machine and it was not the MicroSoft version, but rather the HP customized version only...full of its garbage. HP apparently sells vendor space to subsedize their machine sales the refuses to allow the user to remove it. Yes, a lot of their garbage cannot be removed. I was told that I did not have a MicroSoft XP license, but rather an HP OEM license for their MicroSoft derived product. In spite of fact that they plaster "MicroSoft Windows XP" all over the place, they do not deliver MicroSoft Windows XP.

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