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iTunes One Year Anniversary Sparks Comparison

Posted by simoniker on from the who's-the-bestest? dept.

An anonymous reader writes "CNet News is running a story about the upcoming one year anniversary of Apple's iTunes service. It gives a pretty good summary of the year in online music, with a nice chart comparing each service's user base now and then. The most interesting quote in the article is from a record executive stressing that the industry is quietly hoping that the online music stores will start selling songs in compatible formats. As a sidenote, the headline story at the beginning is based off this page."

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  1. anniversary by 1u3hr · · Score: 0, Troll
    the upcoming one year anniversary of Apple's iTunes
    -1 redundant

    Have we come to the point, with "monthly anniversaries" and similar perverted uses, that the actual meaning of "anniversary" has to be explained?

    Oxford Dictionary: The yearly return of a noteworthy date... [L anniversarius returning yearly, f. annus year + versus turning + -arius -ARY1; used as n. in med.L anniversaria (sc. dies day), -arium (sc. festum feast); cf. (O)Fr. anniversaire.]

    1. Re:anniversary by 1u3hr · · Score: 0, Troll
      Yet somehow I don't see an option to mod your post "-1, Pedantic."

      Never mind, someone has modded it "troll", which will have the same effect.

  2. Re:i'm suprised no one has said this but by amichalo · · Score: 0, Troll

    Ahmen!

    You can always could on the /. crowd to want everything for nothing. "Why don't they just XYZ." It's as if capitalism doesn't exist and everyone posting these messages is all about communism. We'll all just work really hard at something and expect nothing in return because everything is free.

    Makes me ill!

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    I only came here to do two things; kick some ass, and drink some beer...looks like we're almost out of beer.