Don't forget that if this model is successful, there will be the inevitable time when the $14 dollars per month will no longer pay the bills. Or worse, Napster may need more profit, or Microsoft may need to charge a higher fee for their DRM. Either way, your access to their music will likely cost more in the future, so in essence, you will have to pay a royalty on music you never owned or believed you owned at an earlier time and cheaper price.
It seems to me this could be a boon to users of the Mac. Many games developed for the Xbox were also developed for the PC at the same time. Using G5's in the Xbox Next could mean that games for the Mac could come to market faster and even be released earler on the Mac than the PC. Also, since the Xbox uses a modified win32 kernel, will the next xbox use a modified win32 kernel designed for the G5?
Is it possible to use any shell in Mac OS X. I have never done it, but I have always read that in Linux, you can choose to use any shell you wish. Would it be that difficult to do in Mac OSX? (I am a Mac newbie, got my first G4 two months ago and am still getting acclimated.)
I think the obvious is missing. All that SCO really has to do is generate enough publicity suggesting that Linux may have some legal challenges ahead, and any company considering a switch to Linux implimentation will put their plans on hold until all of this is resolved. In the mean time sales of Linux will be stalled and Linux alternatives will be pursued. Further, if I was a Linux competitor, I would have my marketing people all over the place getting my companies name in front of clients.
Also, I would be keeping a close eye on SCO's marketing people. What are they doing?
I have often advocated that if established artists would leave their record labels and self produce, most fans would purchase their work directly from the artist's websites. This does produce a problem for radio stations and royalty payouts, but cuts the major labels out of development and also their self inflated value on music costs. Many artists establish their own record companies precisely for this level of control over their work.
Since very few mainstream artists have had much success distributing their music on their own without a record production company, the Apple service is a great stopgap with prices that are affective and accessible. I bought my first mac this month for OS X and an iPod. The apple music service just sweetenes the deal. I hope through wide support from the iTunes community and further through the Window's iTune community (when it is launched) this service will grow.
This isn't the first time a band has done something similar. The Black Crows' album Lions was released with an insert containing a serial number. This number allowed the user to download one or two concerts from their website. Also the latest Dave Matthews band release contained a DVD with some extra content and access to hidden content on their website. I think this a good trend.
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Don't forget that if this model is successful, there will be the inevitable time when the $14 dollars per month will no longer pay the bills. Or worse, Napster may need more profit, or Microsoft may need to charge a higher fee for their DRM. Either way, your access to their music will likely cost more in the future, so in essence, you will have to pay a royalty on music you never owned or believed you owned at an earlier time and cheaper price.
It seems to me this could be a boon to users of the Mac. Many games developed for the Xbox were also developed for the PC at the same time. Using G5's in the Xbox Next could mean that games for the Mac could come to market faster and even be released earler on the Mac than the PC. Also, since the Xbox uses a modified win32 kernel, will the next xbox use a modified win32 kernel designed for the G5?
Half the time when I send out a document now most of the people who recieve it report that they couldn't open it.
Is it possible to use any shell in Mac OS X. I have never done it, but I have always read that in Linux, you can choose to use any shell you wish. Would it be that difficult to do in Mac OSX? (I am a Mac newbie, got my first G4 two months ago and am still getting acclimated.)
I think the obvious is missing. All that SCO really has to do is generate enough publicity suggesting that Linux may have some legal challenges ahead, and any company considering a switch to Linux implimentation will put their plans on hold until all of this is resolved. In the mean time sales of Linux will be stalled and Linux alternatives will be pursued. Further, if I was a Linux competitor, I would have my marketing people all over the place getting my companies name in front of clients.
Also, I would be keeping a close eye on SCO's marketing people. What are they doing?
can't sleep or the clowns will get me
I have often advocated that if established artists would leave their record labels and self produce, most fans would purchase their work directly from the artist's websites. This does produce a problem for radio stations and royalty payouts, but cuts the major labels out of development and also their self inflated value on music costs. Many artists establish their own record companies precisely for this level of control over their work. Since very few mainstream artists have had much success distributing their music on their own without a record production company, the Apple service is a great stopgap with prices that are affective and accessible. I bought my first mac this month for OS X and an iPod. The apple music service just sweetenes the deal. I hope through wide support from the iTunes community and further through the Window's iTune community (when it is launched) this service will grow.
I'm not looking for a fight, but I just want to know why it is in societies best interest to have mickey mouse part of the public domain?
And you never did answer my original question: how would you opt out of a world where Saddam is not nuking and poisoning his neighbors?
How bout this, I don't care if he nukes his neighbors. Maybe his neighbors should be more concerned for their own safety.
Looks like Darwin was right.
This isn't the first time a band has done something similar. The Black Crows' album Lions was released with an insert containing a serial number. This number allowed the user to download one or two concerts from their website. Also the latest Dave Matthews band release contained a DVD with some extra content and access to hidden content on their website. I think this a good trend.