[vorbis] Windows XP and MP3

[Sameer Verma]

Jack,
In terms of "converting" people, schools are good grounds for such
technology exposures. While schools cannot really pour money into these
projects, they are good early adopters. We have a significantly large
napster user base here...there was even some talk for setting up an
unofficial "napster" lab and give it a big fiber connection so that
folks can go there for their "high bandwidth" needs and not choke up the
other student labs. 

Our school has not "blocked" napster access, and I see several students
looking for their favorite music all the time. The topic of online music
also serves as a good technological topic for class discussions (I teach
computer networks in the business school).

I had sent you an email earlier at the icecast address to see if you
folks would be interested in doing a lecture for one of our classes at
San Francisco State University (I believe you folks are SF based?). It
perhaps got lost...

Let me know if you or others at xiph.org would be interested in doing a
lecture this semester.

Sameer

-- 
Sameer Verma
Asst. Professor of Information Systems
San Francisco State University
San Francisco CA 94132 USA
http://verma.sfsu.edu/

Jack Moffitt wrote:
> 
> > Replacing mp3 won't be so easy. Microsoft and Real are spending
> > money on promoting their formats, Vorbis isn't.
> 
> You're wrong.  We are.
> 
> We're not placing ads in magazine, but I do fly around to shows a lot
> and scream the word from on high.  I was on TV yesterday.
> 
> We've gotten a lot more serious articles than most of hte other formats.
> 
> RealNetworks is for the most part cooperating with us.
> 
> Apple was interested.
> 
> The game industry is started to adopt it.
> 
> The sound production software industry is adopting it.
> 
> We're making quite a bit of progress.
> 
> I spend basically all the money I have (not to mention a fair amount of
> mine and other's time) trying to make sure that Vorbis is successful as
> everyone dreams it can be.
> 
> If you'd like us to do more, or spend more, you can mail donations to
> the Xiph.org Foundation to:
> 
> Jack Moffitt
> Xiph.org Foundation
> 315A 29th St.
> San Francisco, CA 94131
> 
> and put your comments here.  Help us promote Vorbis too.  Convert your
> friends.  When you go to shows, talk about Vorbis.
> 
> We can't compete with Microsoft financially.  We can compete in pretty
> much every other arena.  Look at how much money they've spent on Windows
> Media, and people only use it kicking and screaming.  We are converting
> a lot of people with our efforts.
> 
> jack.
> 
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