This really isn't a fair study... considering the number of delays, millions of dollars and time spent in development on top of the number of reported security issues, Vista should be considered as bad if not worse than XP or any Linux distro on launch date.
"For maybe a year, music companies thought they had the situation under control, but then album sales tumbled."
DRM or not, if the "music industry" releases music worth purchasing, people will buy it. Album sales aren't tumbling because of pirating, album sales are tumbling because there aren't any albums worth 15 bucks anymore. There are few albums even worth DOWNLOADING at this point, but if other pirates are like me, I continue to download new stuff hoping to find an album worth rushing to Best Buy to buy.
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This really isn't a fair study... considering the number of delays, millions of dollars and time spent in development on top of the number of reported security issues, Vista should be considered as bad if not worse than XP or any Linux distro on launch date.
"For maybe a year, music companies thought they had the situation under control, but then album sales tumbled." DRM or not, if the "music industry" releases music worth purchasing, people will buy it. Album sales aren't tumbling because of pirating, album sales are tumbling because there aren't any albums worth 15 bucks anymore. There are few albums even worth DOWNLOADING at this point, but if other pirates are like me, I continue to download new stuff hoping to find an album worth rushing to Best Buy to buy.