GPL is very business friendly - you have a particular angle on it that
you aren't articulating but rather painting it with a broad and
misleading brush.

Craig

On Wed, 2006-10-18 at 08:20 -0700, Nathan England wrote:
> Honestly, I don't own an iPod. I don't care to listen to music much. I have 
> some hymns and Gospel music, that's it. I was simply trying to make a point.
> I don't know why I'm arguing this, I'd much rather use OGG as well. But back 
> to my original rant, companies wouldn't be so afraid to use things if the GPL 
> was more bussiness friendly.
> 
> On Wednesday 18 October 2006 08:08, you wrote:
> > On Wed, 2006-10-18 at 08:06 -0700, Nathan England wrote:
> > > > Don't blame the "distro makers". Blame those who used MP3 format. (For
> > > > at least a few years we have had better choices.)
> > >
> > > Better choices? I agree. I used to love the old vq3 format, it blew away
> > > mp3 completely! OGG? It's ok. I used to use it, till I realized that it
> > > doesn't work anywhere.
> > >
> > > My car stereo plays mp3 files.
> > > My iPod plays mp3 files.
> > > My DVD player plays mp3 files.
> >
> > ----
> > No question about it, it's easier to give in to proprietary standards
> > than to resist and push the manufacturers to adopt the open standards.
> >
> > When you talk about an iPod, you are talking about Apple who has an axe
> > to grind as they seek to become the dominant force in DRM.
> >
> > And just out of curiosity, doesn't iTunes convert the mp3 files into AAC
> > format before putting them on your iPod?
> > ----
> >
> > > None of them have any idea what OGG is.
> >
> > ----
> > Are you sure about the 'none' ?
> >
> > Craig
> 

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