It seems to me that people are focusing on itunes and not the ipod. The real thing what's-his-name is selling is the hardware, not the software. Everybody's so interested in the openess of the software they forget that he's a hardware guy first, and snazzy software second (that's why he has macs made (relatively) inhouse).
There are no real analogues coming to mind but. ..Analogouly, would Sony have to open up it's blu-ray format if they let, say nintendo, play the blu-ray on their wii? Nope. They wouldn't get sued by those european countries (despite the hefty PS3 pricetag). The problem is that people are so seduced by the sheer volume of itunes store income that they forget that itunes was designed to work with ipods . . . oh and your personal computer.
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It seems to me that people are focusing on itunes and not the ipod. The real thing what's-his-name is selling is the hardware, not the software. Everybody's so interested in the openess of the software they forget that he's a hardware guy first, and snazzy software second (that's why he has macs made (relatively) inhouse). There are no real analogues coming to mind but. . .Analogouly, would Sony have to open up it's blu-ray format if they let, say nintendo, play the blu-ray on their wii? Nope. They wouldn't get sued by those european countries (despite the hefty PS3 pricetag). The problem is that people are so seduced by the sheer volume of itunes store income that they forget that itunes was designed to work with ipods . . . oh and your personal computer.