[vorbis] Windows XP and MP3

[dongoodman]

On Thu, 12 Apr 2001, fungus wrote:

> dongoodman wrote:
> > 
> > if ya' haven't seen it already, check out:
> > http://www.canoe.ca/MoneyWSJ/wsj2-dow.html
> > 
> > sad, sad, sad. on many fronts. I don't begin to understand how this might
> > work; I suppose the MP3 degradation only applies to MS encoding software...
> > *shrug*
> > 
> 
> Keep reading. Further down it says:

ah, yes. I commented prematurely. but still...yow.
the very idea of using one's position to down-play an accepted standard
in favour of your own is distasteful to me. But that's just me I guess...

> > this may, however, provide a good leveraging point for Vorbis.
> > 
> 
> Replacing mp3 won't be so easy. Microsoft and Real are spending
> money on promoting their formats, Vorbis isn't.

well, yeah. clearly. but MS is leaving a hole for anti-MP3 promotion...
that's all I'm saying.

anyway
have fun
dongoodman

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