[wellylug] Buying Microsoft Products....

Steve Withers swithers at paradise.net.nz
Thu Nov 29 13:53:53 NZDT 2001


On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 13:38, you wrote:
> >         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

Which we don't have to use.......

Steve

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