Living in technologically repressed Canada, its hard to see things like the ITMS and Microsoft music store so close, yet so far away.
I would love to buy honest, legitimate music, however neither Apple, nor Microsoft apparently, nor Napster or Real Networks seem to think our 30 million or so people are worthy enough for them to help spearhead online music sales in this country.
The fault is not them, but of course, our extremely efficient Canadian government, who wrap miles of expensive Red tape around every issue (gee, the Liberal's party color is red), so that nothing is quickly implemented in this country.
Where is our Tivo and Replay TV? where is our music store (i.e. not some Canadian force fed version that ensures 60% canadian content), where is our choice?
Give me a break, is this some open source geek's attempt at a joke.
The problem with linux isn't that people don't know how to browse the web, or launch a word processor, the problem is that most users even with an excellent understanding of computers can't install a freaking linux video driver, connect to the internet or network, or get their sound card to work properly in the Linux environment.
Chances are that someone running Linux already knows enough about a computer to be able to recognize how to launch a web browser and initiate a download, regardless of what desktop they are using.
User experience problems with Linux are much more deeply engrained then at the app level.
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Living in technologically repressed Canada, its hard to see things like the ITMS and Microsoft music store so close, yet so far away. I would love to buy honest, legitimate music, however neither Apple, nor Microsoft apparently, nor Napster or Real Networks seem to think our 30 million or so people are worthy enough for them to help spearhead online music sales in this country. The fault is not them, but of course, our extremely efficient Canadian government, who wrap miles of expensive Red tape around every issue (gee, the Liberal's party color is red), so that nothing is quickly implemented in this country. Where is our Tivo and Replay TV? where is our music store (i.e. not some Canadian force fed version that ensures 60% canadian content), where is our choice?
Give me a break, is this some open source geek's attempt at a joke. The problem with linux isn't that people don't know how to browse the web, or launch a word processor, the problem is that most users even with an excellent understanding of computers can't install a freaking linux video driver, connect to the internet or network, or get their sound card to work properly in the Linux environment. Chances are that someone running Linux already knows enough about a computer to be able to recognize how to launch a web browser and initiate a download, regardless of what desktop they are using. User experience problems with Linux are much more deeply engrained then at the app level.