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Apple is bad for consumers, period.
They don't believe in the free market.
They don't believe in the free market.
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Apple is bad for consumers, period.
They don't believe in the free market.
And Microsoft do?
I suppose that the three people who bought songs off of Real might be annoyed, but who cares about them?Only feebs vote.Comment
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DOWN WITH ALL PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE!!!!
LINUX RULES!!
LIN-PODS NOW
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Apparently.Originally posted by Agathon
Apple is bad for consumers, period.
They don't believe in the free market.
And Microsoft do?
MS has their own online music store, but their media player also integrates with competing stores, and they license their codec to anyone who asks.
Nice troll attempt, but it fails due to your lack of knowledge."The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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apple will be the next MS when
A.You HAVE to buy Ipod (or whatever), cause like you need your home ipod to be easily compatible with your one at work, and at work they use apple. B. You buy Ipod cause theres hardly any music for other players. C. You try to use non apple software and you are regularly frustrated trying to exchange files with people.
Ive been in all of these situations. Im have been frustrated as hell over the years with MS products, but when ive tried alternatives found it quite difficult - and im NOT enough of a computer geek to rely on all the computer geek solutions you guys are gonna offer.
M$
"A person cannot approach the divine by reaching beyond the human. To become human, is what this individual person, has been created for.” Martin BuberComment
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This is already true, provided your work uses the iTunes Music Store as well (which effectively has a monopoly on the legal music download market, like MS has with desktop Oses)Originally posted by lord of the mark
apple will be the next MS when
A.You HAVE to buy Ipod (or whatever), cause like you need your home ipod to be easily compatible with your one at work, and at work they use apple.
This has nothing to do with Microsoft or Apple, but independent software vendors/record labels.B. You buy Ipod cause theres hardly any music for other players.
Already true with popular formats like WMA and OGG.C. You try to use non apple software and you are regularly frustrated trying to exchange files with people."The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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[QUOTE] Originally posted by Asher
>This is already true, provided your work uses the iTunes Music Store as well (which effectively has a monopoly on the legal music download market, like MS has with desktop Oses)
yah, well, ive never worked anywhere that used a music store. Everywhere ive worked had PCs with OS's though. And i bought my first PC counting on being able to take work home. Having already been through the frustration of trying to share docs with another part of the firm that used macs, i decided we had to have a Win machine. I now work somewhere where were discouraged from doing work at home on an unapproved machine. But now my daughter has to get docs from the school system, etc.
My point is about the network economies that lock so many in to lousy software, and which M$ profits from."A person cannot approach the divine by reaching beyond the human. To become human, is what this individual person, has been created for.” Martin BuberComment
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Mac OS X can exchange files with Windows.
If you have Mac OS Classic (8 or 9), you have to get a program called PCMACLAN and install that on every Windows PC. It's not free however and I don't like it.
Alternatively you can get an admin to set up a Linux Box and install netatalk and samba and exchange files using this box as intermediate.Comment
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[QUOTE] Originally posted by lord of the mark
Don't be so dense -- they're not saying Apple will monopolise the PC industry and lock out competition, just that they're doing it with the digital music industry.Originally posted by Asher
yah, well, ive never worked anywhere that used a music store."The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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I guess i dont see all the same drivers of network economies in music as in the PC industry. You buy a player, you find a store, as long as the stores exist, youre free of everyone else. PCs youre kinda tied in with the rest of the world.Originally posted by Asher
Don't be so dense -- they're not saying Apple will monopolise the PC industry and lock out competition, just that they're doing it with the digital music industry."A person cannot approach the divine by reaching beyond the human. To become human, is what this individual person, has been created for.” Martin BuberComment
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I knew y'all would get geeky on me.Originally posted by Atahualpa
Mac OS X can exchange files with Windows.
If you have Mac OS Classic (8 or 9), you have to get a program called PCMACLAN and install that on every Windows PC. It's not free however and I don't like it.
Alternatively you can get an admin to set up a Linux Box and install netatalk and samba and exchange files using this box as intermediate.
"A person cannot approach the divine by reaching beyond the human. To become human, is what this individual person, has been created for.” Martin BuberComment
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The issue is if you buy an Apple player, you're tied with Apple's music store and music software on your computer.Originally posted by lord of the mark
I guess i dont see all the same drivers of network economies in music as in the PC industry. You buy a player, you find a store, as long as the stores exist, youre free of everyone else. PCs youre kinda tied in with the rest of the world.
Period.
That's blatant vendor lock-in, compared to the free market tactics of MS.
It's a bit of a role reversal."The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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yeah, but you know about it when you buy the ipod. Your choice. Its like buying a printer, and then you gotta buy their overpriced ink. You are free to compare the ink prices when you buy the printer. Thats a free market. Vendor lockin isnt the opposite of free market, its another strategy IN a free market. The opposite of free market is monopoly power, and I see MS doing that, strengthened by network economies, and I dont see Apple doing that.Originally posted by Asher
The issue is if you buy an Apple player, you're tied with Apple's music store and music software on your computer.
Period.
That's blatant vendor lock-in, compared to the free market tactics of MS.
It's a bit of a role reversal."A person cannot approach the divine by reaching beyond the human. To become human, is what this individual person, has been created for.” Martin BuberComment
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The only difference between Apple and MS is Apple has a far stronger grip. It's that reason that Apple isn't nearly as large and successful as MS is, and it's that reason that they aren't in trouble with anti-trust issues.
Apple is Microsoft, but more evil, and they even have a cult of followers that worship them and buy whatever they sell.
There's an interesting book out now called the "Cult of Mac"."The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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Gotta love it when the pot calls the kettle blackOriginally posted by Asher
Apple is Microsoft, but more evil, and they even have a cult of followers that worship them and buy whatever they sell.
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