[vorbis] Potential opportunity for open media...

[John Morton]

Robert Cringely had an interesting item in his 2004 predictions:

 12) Wal-Mart's entry into the music download business changes everything, and
  will undoubtedly take the leadership away from Apple. This wouldn't bother
 Apple if Wal-Mart would support its file standards so Wal-Mart music can play
 on iPods, but that won't happen. In order to compete for what really counts
 (iPod sales, not music downloads), Apple MIGHT start to support other file
 formats. No guarantee on that.

 (http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20040101.html)

Looks like a good opportunity for the open media crowd, and vorbis in 
particular. While Walmart are evil, they're also cheap, so they're bound to 
like a royalty free codec if they can get some company to produce cheap 
players.

John

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