On Wed, 2005-04-20 at 16:33 -0700, Bryan.ONeal@asu.edu wrote:
> >
> >The owner with the Home Theatre system will most 
> >likely go with quality and choose Quicktime over WMV.  
> >Really from waht I've seen, the only reason people 
> >pick WMV is that the server admin is a MS fan and 
> >think's it's cool or the owner is hoodwinked by the MS 
> >propganda. 
> >
> 
> Don't forget when you purchase a Windows Server you purchase the Media Server
> with it, why pay big $$$ for QT when I have WMV and it's prity good quality,
> and a mokey with a rock can lock in DRM and even a few call home data
> gathering scripts.  The monkey with a hammer can do a lot more (Which in my
> opinoin should never be allowed, but hey)
> 
> But alternatives do exist, it is just that $$ out for $$ in flash still looks
> atractive to the disision makers.  Not to say that if we (the linux
> community) act in a unified mannor we can not effect change (look at the
> iRiver, or for that matter the ocasional TRL oddity) but it will not happen
> over night and it will not happen on it's own.
----
The answer is obvious - there is no reason to buy Windows Server as it
is all about lock in and diminishing choices.

Craig

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