Haha, bad faith in all its glory. They used to say that Macs were for wanabees that didn't know shit about computers, and that PC s were much better since you could tweak its guts all you wanted. Now it looks like PCs are for average computers who do not want to open their machines.
Okay so, removing screws is easy. So what's wrong with having something even easier? And if you have to buy an additional case to have one that opens up easily, well, what's wrong with having one that does it in the first place?...
you know, if Nintendo can patent a gamepad with a cross-shaped directional button (check it out, no other gamepad has it), I guess Apple can very well patent their scroll wheel.
Unless Microsoft's WMA licence forces everyone to drop competing schemes (sounds much more likely to me;)
Your assumption is plausible, but not based on facts though. And concerning the availability of Fairplay, since Apple could get it, I guess others could too.
At any rate this goes against the popular belief that Fairplay belongs to Apple. So Apple just can't do whatever it wants with it, and it can not lock it away from competing companies. And it won't earn a dime on AAC + Fairplay, contrarily to what Microsoft does with WMA...
Again, Fairplay isn't a property of Apple but of Veridisc. I don't see why any other company wouldn't be able to licence Fairplay from Veridisc, AAC from the MPEG alliance, and make its products able to read files bought on the iTunes Music Store.
Err I don't think it's a good comparison. HW vendors can't compete if they don't sell PCs with Windows, or if they can't sell PCs with Windows at the same price as their competitors. That's pretty much the point of Microsoft's abuse of its dominant position, and the key factor is about software compatibility.
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Haha, bad faith in all its glory. They used to say that Macs were for wanabees that didn't know shit about computers, and that PC s were much better since you could tweak its guts all you wanted. Now it looks like PCs are for average computers who do not want to open their machines.
Okay so, removing screws is easy. So what's wrong with having something even easier? And if you have to buy an additional case to have one that opens up easily, well, what's wrong with having one that does it in the first place?...
you know, if Nintendo can patent a gamepad with a cross-shaped directional button (check it out, no other gamepad has it), I guess Apple can very well patent their scroll wheel.
Unless Microsoft's WMA licence forces everyone to drop competing schemes (sounds much more likely to me ;)
Your assumption is plausible, but not based on facts though. And concerning the availability of Fairplay, since Apple could get it, I guess others could too.
At any rate this goes against the popular belief that Fairplay belongs to Apple. So Apple just can't do whatever it wants with it, and it can not lock it away from competing companies. And it won't earn a dime on AAC + Fairplay, contrarily to what Microsoft does with WMA...
Again, Fairplay isn't a property of Apple but of Veridisc. I don't see why any other company wouldn't be able to licence Fairplay from Veridisc, AAC from the MPEG alliance, and make its products able to read files bought on the iTunes Music Store.
This is wrong. Er, sorry, WRONG.
FairPlay doesn't belong to Apple, but to Veridisc, and anyone can get a licence, just the same for AAC. And Apple won't earn a dime on it.
check it out on Veridisc website
Err I don't think it's a good comparison. HW vendors can't compete if they don't sell PCs with Windows, or if they can't sell PCs with Windows at the same price as their competitors. That's pretty much the point of Microsoft's abuse of its dominant position, and the key factor is about software compatibility.
Yes.
Thing is, anyone can also licence AAC since it's part of the MPEG 4 standard.
Here's an evolution software for MacOS X (and a nice walker screensaver too!)
http://www.spiderland.org/breve/