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Web Based Rhapsody Targets Linux

Posted by Hemos on from the moving-outside-of-the-box dept.

Asklepius M.D. writes "According to Marketwatch, RealNetworks is releasing a web based version of Rhapsody called.....Rhapsody.com that will function on other-than-IE browsers including Firefox and Safari. The article quotes Jupimedia analyst Joe Wilcox as saying "...it brings the first real subscription music service to Mac and Linux-based products.""

5 of 201 comments (clear)

  1. iTunes by sardonic2 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I figured iTunes worked on Mac's.. guess I know less about Apple Strategery than I thought.

  2. really? by andy4322 · · Score: 3, Funny

    When I tried their free trial, I got this:

    http://cache.ultramercial.com/d/033-218/civic_hyb_ os_false.html

  3. Re:Drm on linux by knipknap · · Score: 4, Funny

    DRM support has been in the Linux kernel for years.

  4. Re:Good news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    [...]and last I checked neither Apple nor MS have made their player OSS.

    You actually check for things like that?

  5. Re:It bothers me by DA-MAN · · Score: 2, Funny

    The name Rhapsody bothers me, everytime I hear it I think it's gonna be something about Apple's Rhadsody, Mac OS X's daddy, seriously, they should pick another name..

    I always think of Wayne and Garth singin along to Bohemian Rhapsody in the car. . .

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