[wellylug] Buying Microsoft Products....

[Volker Kuhlmann]

>         Windows Media Player shipped with XP does a reallyt bad job of
> playing MP3s, forcing people to use Microsofts own proprietary WMA
> format.  (This will have interesting implications for the internet)

Correct. They stopped paying for the MP3 license owned by Fraunhofer
Institut. In reality, one can assume it's a move to push their own 100%
controlled proprietary format.

Volker


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