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Why can't they port it to Linux? Jeeze, thanks for the support, Apple. And many Mac-users bitch about market-share and how they're not supported (no, I don't mean to point fingers here or anything, so don't go gettin' all warmed up for a flame war just yet, boys).
Because Apple has 0 interest in Linux. There may be iTunes for Linux in the future, but don't expect it any time soon. They just built iTunes for Windows.
I can imagine one reason... building iTunes for Linux would be hit-or-miss. Not everybody would be able to run it, because not all distros are the same, not all libs are supported everywhere, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. There's also a huge mindset thing. Nearly all Linux guys are blindly "anti DRM" and many are blindly "anti closed source" which is what it would be. A binary-only distribution.
Oh, and their programmers don't want to be arsed with rebuilding iTunes from the ground up yet again.
edit: I typed this post last night but couldn't post it thanks to the fucked up flood control
flap, you're proving just what I said. blind hatred of "DRM" without really knowing jack fucking shit about it. if you want music to be sold at all in the future, then get over it. I'm sick of all you whiny bitches crying all the time about everything that isn't 100% your way and a 100% free ride.
"oh, this Linux distro is complete shit because they have one or two apps that are... CLOSED SOURCE!"
"the bane of existance is PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE! YOU'RE GETTING LOCKED IN RIGHT NOW! LOOK! SEE?"
you act as though you're on some kind of moral high ground by simply saying that these things are bad. tell me something... what of the economy, of commerce, and the livelihood of programmers who make these things, or the musicians who make the music, or hell, even the cute secretary at the record company who's also having to work nights at Dollar General to make ends meet?
What happens to them when the company downsizes because people started thinking that "closed is the devil"?
By saying things like that, you're no better than Bill Gates, whom you blindly hate so much.
I run "proprietary software", but I've never had any problems. I've never felt "locked in"... locked into what, by the way? none of these things you've ever said has ever meant anything. sorry, but you've got two things going for ya. Jack, and shit, and Jack just left town.
[ February 20, 2004: Message edited by: jimmyjames.sytes.net ]