You didn't actually read all of it, including links, did you? Go to that link you posted, http://www.connact.com/~eaw/minidisc/minidisc_faq.html#Q2 and click on "near cd." As of ATRAC 3.5, MiniDisc is as good, if not better than CD quality, and poised to overtake it. And it also cites some blind tests where even audiophiles couldn't tell the difference.
I wouldn't really describe this article as being "heavily anti-MP3." He kind of don't worry about the format, worry about the functionality and the freedom associated with it. He even made fun of the RIAA and their pathetic attempts to abolish the Rio and MP3. He simply says that sound quality almost as good as sound quality that was good ten years ago isn't good enough. Admittedly, though, he does miss the mark on a few things. Like MP3s don't sound any worse than CDs if encoded properly. And MiniDiscs actually sound better than CDs (don't believe me? Buy one or check out www.minidisc.org)... And the VCR point was excellent. Stupid RIAA has no vision... And the one thing that bothers me the most about the RIAA is their excuse that they're just looking out "for the artists." As an artist I fully embrace MP3s as a chance to be heard (www.mp3.com/atomly). Anyway, music isn't something you should pay for anywway:) Intellectual property is wrong.
The thing that I believe the writer of the article forgets is that GNU in GNU/Linux means that it is a GNU tool, i.e.GPLed, not necessarily contributed solely by the Free Software Foundation. I'd say that the large majority of that Unrecognized code is GPLed as is a lot of the other stuff. Anyway, 10% is the largest portion by any entity. Linus himself only contributed.012 percent according to the link. I think this guy is too quick to shoot his mouth off (or kickban good guys from #perl:) without thinking.
Besides, what happens if a bunch of people get together and write one, but theirs isn't the first? They have a better implementation sitting there and they don't get paid for it? They would probably subsequently GPL it or something, so just letting all parties work together would be best in the first place. I agree that bounties could be good for small projects, but contracting out would probably work better in the long run and just using free software (and writing free software) would have the best outcome overall.
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You didn't actually read all of it, including links, did you? Go to that link you posted, http://www.connact.com/~eaw /minidisc/minidisc_faq.html#Q2 and click on "near cd." As of ATRAC 3.5, MiniDisc is as good, if not better than CD quality, and poised to overtake it. And it also cites some blind tests where even audiophiles couldn't tell the difference.
I wouldn't really describe this article as being "heavily anti-MP3." He kind of don't worry about the format, worry about the functionality and the freedom associated with it. He even made fun of the RIAA and their pathetic attempts to abolish the Rio and MP3. He simply says that sound quality almost as good as sound quality that was good ten years ago isn't good enough. :) Intellectual property is wrong.
Admittedly, though, he does miss the mark on a few things. Like MP3s don't sound any worse than CDs if encoded properly. And MiniDiscs actually sound better than CDs (don't believe me? Buy one or check out www.minidisc.org)...
And the VCR point was excellent. Stupid RIAA has no vision... And the one thing that bothers me the most about the RIAA is their excuse that they're just looking out "for the artists." As an artist I fully embrace MP3s as a chance to be heard (www.mp3.com/atomly).
Anyway, music isn't something you should pay for anywway
The thing that I believe the writer of the article forgets is that GNU in GNU/Linux means that it is a GNU tool, i.e.GPLed, not necessarily contributed solely by the Free Software Foundation. I'd say that the large majority of that Unrecognized code is GPLed as is a lot of the other stuff. Anyway, 10% is the largest portion by any entity. Linus himself only contributed .012 percent according to the link. I think this guy is too quick to shoot his mouth off (or kickban good guys from #perl :) without thinking.
Besides, what happens if a bunch of people get together and write one, but theirs isn't the first? They have a better implementation sitting there and they don't get paid for it? They would probably subsequently GPL it or something, so just letting all parties work together would be best in the first place. I agree that bounties could be good for small projects, but contracting out would probably work better in the long run and just using free software (and writing free software) would have the best outcome overall.