[vorbis] Why FLAC, why not MAC?

Nescafe nescafe at fr.fm
Thu Aug 28 17:27:07 PDT 2003



> >
> > It [MAC] seems to be Windows only though.
> >
> Well, that rules it out for a start.  I wouldn't gamble my data with
> Microsoft, cripple myself with their interface, frustrate myself with
> their slowness, enslave myself with their formats or impoverish myself
> with their prices.
>
> Hey!  Sounds like a slogan!  (T-shirt, anyone?)  :-)

Yeah, and you wouldn't either use "their" way-better-lossless-audio-codec.
Vorbis owns both MP3 and WMA, but it seems that MAC owns FLAC. Then, do as
*your* conscience tells *you*, either way.

Oh my, tired I am of this sempiternal OS war...

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