Apple get ripped off again...

[jasonlane]

quote:Originally posted by ShawnD1:
what's the big deal? Apple dropped the ball, they don't support Windows or Linux users at all. they basically cut themselves out of 90% of the market. buymusic.com is just filling in the market for the remaining 90% of computer users.

Ermmmm, yes the do / will. iTunes for PC is due the end of this year. It would be OK is the "filling in" for the 90% actually worked and was a quality service, with the customer in mind. Not a cheap rip-off knocked up with M$.NOT.

[jasonlane]

quote:Originally posted by mushrooomprince:
It says you have to be on a windows os.  Can you linux guys get on there ?

The biggest part of it is the requirement of WM9...Active wreX...ugh! So I guess it has to be XP / IE / WM9, bha.

I wouldn't mind if they at least tried to come up with something of their own, design wise. Or even functionality or flow wise. I hate this lack of imagination on BuyMusic's part.

[ August 01, 2003: Message edited by: Zardoz ]

[raptor]

M$ said they were going try their own tho, through MSN.


applemusic.com is the true original but you know M$, and there tactics.

[raptor]

quote:The biggest part of it is the requirement of WM9...Active wreX...ugh! So I guess it has to be XP / IE / WM9, bha.  

you might get WM9P to work in WINE or VMWARE. or someone could just write a plugin for xine, or xmms.

or they could just have support for the rapidly growing *nix commmunity.

[ August 01, 2003: Message edited by: raptor ]

[ August 03, 2003: Message edited by: raptor ]

[jtpenrod]

quote:It says you have to be on a windows os. Can you linux guys get on there ?

No.
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[Faust]

Hopefully non apple support for their music store doesn't turn out like quicktime...

[raptor]

someone could just write a letter addressing the growth of the open-source community, and how users of open-source would like to be legal   :rolleyes:  ( dumb RIAA)  about swapping music files.

[ August 03, 2003: Message edited by: raptor ]