On 7 Feb 2007, at 14:37, Klaus Stock wrote: >> Except Bertelsmann are the masterminds behind all sorts of CD >> copy-protection quackery, such as the scheme that was "cracked" by >> marking >> the outer edge of the CD with a black magic marker. I'd also bet >> they > were >> they driving force behind the Sony-BMG rootkit disaster. > > They also tried to "own" the internet some years ago. They failed, > like > Microsoft. > >>> Apple will embrace this wholeheartedly." >> >> Good for Jobs and Apple! > > Like in "Embrace, extend and extinguish"? > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace%2C_extend%2C_and_extinguish)
That's a Microsoft tactic, not an Apple one. Apple doesn't even own the underlying formats like AAC or mp3 anyway. > > Jobs is of course known to have his customers suffer from his > radical mood > swings, When was that? > so who knows what he'll be up to next ;-) Improving the world a bit at a time? -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ "I would buy a Mac today if I was not working at Microsoft." - Jim Allchin, Windows development chief, Jan 2004 _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
