Microsoft Audio can make CDs with half the file size allowing twice as much music at the same fidelity. At the somewhat sub-CD quality level of MP3 audio, the Microsoft Audio files are again half the size, so they'll move faster over the Internet.
The way it reads to me, it doesn't necessarily look to be comparing the filesize directly to mp3. It's not really stated what the filesize is half of. It almost appears that at CD quality audio the MS files are only half the size of the actual CD. And then at MP3 quality audio, the files would be one-quarter the size of an audio CD. That would make them larger than mp3s. Hmmm...
I guess, as most others have stated, it'll be a wait and see type thing.
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The way it reads to me, it doesn't necessarily look to be comparing the filesize directly to mp3. It's not really stated what the filesize is half of. It almost appears that at CD quality audio the MS files are only half the size of the actual CD. And then at MP3 quality audio, the files would be one-quarter the size of an audio CD. That would make them larger than mp3s. Hmmm...
I guess, as most others have stated, it'll be a wait and see type thing.