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MacBytes
Dec 11, 2004, 12:39 AM
Category: Opinion/Interviews
Link: Microsoft: Plodding Behind Into Eternity (http://www.macbytes.com/link.php?sid=20041211013910)
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winmacguy
Dec 11, 2004, 03:58 AM
The difference is that this time Apple has a very stable secure BSD/UNIX platform for their developments. With many developers familiar already familiar with Unix and Linux it is much easier to attract them "back" to the Apple platform.
dragula53
Dec 11, 2004, 04:17 AM
I think this article was a little bit enthusiastic.

130 million songs downloaded in 1 1/2 years of the iTMS is probably what gets downloaded from bit torrent/kazaa in a month.

just because 2% of everybody is buying a macintosh, doesn't mean that people are flocking to the "Digital hub" experience.

I could go on, but this was just another blah blah, macs are better article.
Photorun
Dec 11, 2004, 08:07 AM
I could go on, but this was just another blah blah, macs are better article.

What... like they're NOT? They are, so what's your point?
broken_keyboard
Dec 11, 2004, 08:38 AM
Microsoft has been in a bit of a slump these last few years. Lucky timing for Apple, gave them a chance to catch up (through clever utilization of open source + some good ideas + a lot of hard work). Don't count MS out yet though.
aarond12
Dec 11, 2004, 02:52 PM
130 million songs downloaded in 1 1/2 years of the iTMS is probably what gets downloaded from bit torrent/kazaa in a month.

From the Times Online (Australia):

At a hearing before Australia's Federal Court in Sydney into alleged copyright violations, lawyers for record labels including EMI, Sony BMG and Warner told the court that Kazaa was responsible for three billion music downloads a month and the cornerstone of its popularity was unlicensed sharing of music files.

Wow! I didn't know the illegal download world had gotten so large. You might think after a while that everyone would have every possible song in the world and would stop downloading...? :)

Yes, compared to the illegal services, iTMS's sales figures look pretty lame. When you look at the larger legal download pie, however, iTMS looks great.

Now, I have to get back to tending my BitTorrents...

-Aaron-