 MattAll noise, no signal.Premium
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kudos:12 | Open Approach? Fundamentally we wanted an open approach. We hoped our products could interoperate in the future.
That idea probably made Mr. Jobs wet himself. Because, the Mac platform is after all the epitome of interoperability and openness.
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bmn? ? ?Premium,ExMod 2003-06
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hiatus | said by Matt:That idea probably made Mr. Jobs wet himself. Because, the Mac platform is after all the epitome of interoperability and openness. Actually, it is, now. Their operating system is far, FAR more open than Microsoft's and definitely more interoperable. A statement to the contrary might have held water back in the days prior to OS X.
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MattAll noise, no signal.Premium
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kudos:12 | said by bmn:said by Matt:That idea probably made Mr. Jobs wet himself. Because, the Mac platform is after all the epitome of interoperability and openness. Actually, it is, now. Their operating system is far, FAR more open than Microsoft's and definitely more interoperable. A statement to the contrary might have held water back in the days prior to OS X. Right, much like iTunes and the iPod for example.
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bmn? ? ?Premium,ExMod 2003-06
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1 edit | And music stores that are selling WMA are selling an open format ? Sorry, but no, they are not. That is 100% proprietary.
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said by bmn:said by Matt:That idea probably made Mr. Jobs wet himself. Because, the Mac platform is after all the epitome of interoperability and openness. Actually, it is, now. Their operating system is far, FAR more open than Microsoft's and definitely more interoperable. A statement to the contrary might have held water back in the days prior to OS X. wow REALLY? Thats great, so I just built this Intel PC that meets or beats the specs of the latest PowerMac.....where can I get a copy of OS X to put on it? Oh wait, I CAN'T! So much for 'open'!
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the difference, you clod, is I don't have to buy my device from a single company to play the music I buy from iTunes
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bmn? ? ?Premium,ExMod 2003-06
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said by inteller:wow REALLY? Thats great, so I just built this Intel PC that meets or beats the specs of the latest PowerMac.....where can I get a copy of OS X to put on it? Oh wait, I CAN'T! So much for 'open'! Perhaps if you knew what the term "open" actually meant in the computing world, you would be able to join the discussion with looking like a goofball.  Open doesn't refer to the ability to run on piece of hard, open refers to two thing: (1) being able to access the code or schematics of the product and (2) being built upon agreed upon industry standards. There is no guarantee that said open products will run on your hardware.
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said by inteller:the difference, you clod, is I don't have to buy my device from a single company to play the music I buy from iTunes WMA still isn't an open format... No matter what way you TRY to twist is, WMA and all of the music stores that sell it are still selling a closed format, just like AAC from Apple's music store.
Unless they all start selling MP3 formatted files, no one is selling an open file format.
So, before you go calling people who know what they are talking about a clod, perhaps you should brush up on the terminology.
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