[ale] MS up to it again.

[Cade Thacker]

Dan, just a note, if I want to participate in a group that gets pissed off
at the slightest comments of something that may seem somewhat obvious then
I will go hang out with my family, until then please calm down.  If you
don't like what is posted to the list then delete
it. Just because you don't like it does not mean that that 80% of the
rest of us were enjoying the thread.  Sorry to sound mad, but I have
enough bitching in my life and I turn to this list and I love reading
everybody's thoughts on things, EVEN! if they are not directly Linux
related.  anyway....just please calm down.  Next time you don't like
something you are seeing on the list, but just go run around the block or
something, just take out your frustrations some place else. Not here.


--cade

"Burn your tv in your yard, and gather round it with your friends,
and warm your hands upon the fire and start again" --Toad the Wet Sprocket
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On Thu, 12 Apr 2001, Dan Newcombe wrote:

> Okay...rude mode on.
> 
> On Thu, 12 Apr 2001, Robert L. Harris wrote:
> >   Anyone see the link on slashdot about MS, WindowsXP and MP3 files?
> 
> Hmmm...what does this have to do with Linux?  I suppose remotely mp3's can
> be played on Linux, but still...we don't need people posting every
> "headline" from /. here.  Perhaps if /. had something interesting instead
> of rants and raves...but that's another issue.
> 
> > Microsoft and RealNetworks have decided they don't like MP3's and are
> > going to limit the quality of any MP3's you record on an XP system.
> 
> Big surprise there.  They both have their own encoding formats, WMA and
> RA.  No surprise that they'd rather support that than MP3.  Especially
> when digital content is gonna be a cash cow.  If MS can convince more
> people to license their stuff, they're better off than if everyone is
> still using MP3's.  
> 
> Then again, with my w2k box, I see no way to create mp3's at all so 56k
> mp3's are an improvement.
> 
>  
> >   What you want doesn't matter, microsoft wants you to use RealNetworks...
> 
> Huh?  No they don't...they want you to use Windows Media, Real wants you
> to use Real.  Apple wants you to use Quicktime.  Nothing new there.
> 
> I swear...after reading the article on /., they need a moderation category
> labeled "Kneejerk anti-MS reply, no I didn't bother reading the article"
> I suppose that could be shortened to "dumb-ass".  Sadly half those
> comments are already marked insightful.
> 
> rude mode off.
> 
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