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Steve Jobs Announces (some) DRM-free iTunes
Fjan11 writes "Steve Jobs just announced that starting next month on you can buy higher quality 256Kbps AAC encoded DRM-free versions of iTunes songs for $1.29. Upgrades to songs you've already bought will be available at the $0.30 price difference. Currently EMI is the only publisher participating, accounting for about 20% of the songs available." There's also reports from Reuters and ABC News. The deal excludes the Beatles. You can also read the official press release from Apple if you still think this a late joke; this story confirms earlier speculation.
now maybe you will announce an update to oh I don't know, the computers you sell? Seriously, it has been 5 months since Apple released anything new on the computer end. I could live without AppleTV, iPhone and iTunes, but I really want a new mac!
Off topic kvetch I know, mod me accordingly. And my captcha is "nothing" which is what has come out of Apples computers....
Monstar L
Buy a mini ($400). Use rsync to push your DRM free music to your Linux machines. You'll find that Darwin plays nicely with Linux machines and all of your favorite packages are there. And if you don't like it, you end up with a really nice-looking Intel based machine that you can install your favorite Linux on.
Grousing about Apple not supporting Linux directly is like grousing that 99% of the software in the world is written for Windows. Sad, but true. You pays your money, you makes your choice...