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Microsoft thinks iTunes will fail

Hmmm on Windows if I buy a wma from musicmatch or buymusic I can't play it in iTunes. If I buy an aac from iTMS, I can't play it in MusicMatch Jukebox. Both seem like pretty closed systems to me.

WMA downloads available on more devices? I went and looked at what devices could actually play downloadable music from MusicMatch and BuyMusic. Mostly just Rio and Creative Nomad devices. The selection isn't as big as they are making it out to be. I'll take my choice and choose an iPod, thankyaverymuch.
 
Well, we have the first stats on the use of Windows iTunes. Check out Apple's press release:

CUPERTINO, California—October 20, 2003—Apple® today announced that Windows users have downloaded more than one million copies of its new iTunes™ for Windows digital jukebox software in just three and a half days since its launch last Thursday, and over one million songs have been purchased and downloaded by iTunes users in the same period.

“iTunes users have purchased over one million songs in the first three and a half days since our launch last Thursday, which compares with one million songs in the first seven days when we introduced the original iTunes for Mac users last April,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “We're off to a great start, and our competition isn't even out of the starting gates yet.”
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http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2003/oct/20itunes.html

Doesn't look like a failure just yet, does it Mr. Fester?
 
WMA not supported?

Maybe I'm missing something but iTunes AND the iPod seem to support WMA. Not only can you rip files from a CD into WMA format, but you can convert previously imported MP3s as well as play the WMA files on the iPod. What am I missing here?
 
wma not supported?

you sure? are yo using the win xp or 2k version of itunes? maybe quicktime 6.4 for windows picks up on your wma codec. are you really sure, i'm sure someone else would have noticed this by now.
 
The incredible irony of Fester's statement is that Microsoft is currently being investigated by the federal government for anti-competitive behavior in the online music realm.

It seems that Windows XP has a "shop for music online" link that opens Internet Explorer and goes to a Microsoft-operated website with links to certain online music resellers. Even if you have another browser selected as your default, it still launches IE against your wishes.

To Microsoft, "choice" means you get to choose anything you want, from a selection determined by Microsoft themselves. They want their finger in every single pie... if they aren't getting a cut of somebody's profits, they'll lean on them, and hard.
 
Re: WMA not supported?

Originally posted by NHWolf71
Maybe I'm missing something but iTunes AND the iPod seem to support WMA. Not only can you rip files from a CD into WMA format, but you can convert previously imported MP3s as well as play the WMA files on the iPod. What am I missing here?
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Are you confusing WMA with WAV?
 
because if they were friends we would have nothing to complain about??

Youngest barister how young ?? toataly of the subject i know
 
Originally posted by Sabenth
Youngest barister how young ?? toataly of the subject i know
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Don't worry, I'll get back on the topic after.
I'm 14 and I took one of the coffee courses down here in Melbourne, I passed and so far I'm the youngest qualified barrista in Melbourne.
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Getting Back On Topic (aka GBOT)
Yes, true, Microsoft and Apple are just two little friends who always fight, it's perhaps what keeps them from killing each other.
 
Intresting just thought id ask part of melbourne you in Croydon here but hell with that...

If they were to be real friends things might be very very very diffrent in the OS world AQUA IN WINDOWS ???? dont think so but then again never thought id see some iLife software on PC Either

23 Fencer + MR iT .. YOU NAME IT I DONT WANT TO FIX IT.. lol
 
Apple cares about you

http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-5095039.html


Maybe this will teach M$ users that the Apple brand is a great investment.

From zdnet.com: Apple Computer said it has released an updated version of its iTunes program intended to fix bugs encountered by some Windows users.

The company posted version 4.1.1 of iTunes to its Web site on Wendesday. The version aims to remedy some initial glitches with the jukebox software that Apple released last week. As previously reported, some Windows users were reporting bugs with the software, including a problem that caused some Windows 2000 Professional machines to freeze after installing iTunes.
 
well i didnt mean Croydon was the red center i know ula ru is the red center seeming iam english and all and flew over what looked to be red land every were when i first came here thats why.. my location is as it is Croydon on the other hand is lovely lttle fun packed place??
 
Fester is talking rubbish. The problem with windows systems is there's too much choice everywhere. You get choice where you really don't want it. That's what's so nice about the Mac - it tells you what you need to know and just lets you get on and enjoy the experience. Windows gives you so much unnecessary rubbish to think about that you forget what you originally wanted to do; As a result your work is less creative and you feel constrained! There are several key reasons why itunes and the ipod have been so successful and it’s logical that Microsoft completely misses the point as they continue to vastly overcomplicate things and piss people off!
 
MS Media Player problems

Microsoft seems to have a small problem... The European Union is giving MS hassles about their Media Player, and I think the comments from MS are just "sulky" remarks, because they know that iTunes and the iTMS are the leader in a segment of the market that MS thought they would own.

Personally I think Microsoft should be very careful about their remarks. The company is alienating users and to constantly make snide remarks about apple is going to do them in. How many viruses have come out recently targeting MS servers and MS products? It almost seems that there is a generation of PC-users that use their PC for the sole purpose of sticking it to MS.

Can't we all just live in peace?????
 
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