Buy.com's music store: For your IEs only

Post #110,941 by lincoln 7/22/03 4:40:44 PM Reply	Buy.com's music store: For your IEs only A new online music store aimed at users of Microsoft's Windows operating system has further narrowed its target audience to those who use Microsoft's Web browser. Buy.com today launched BuyMusic.com, which sells downloads of songs and albums--much like Apple's Macintosh-only iTunes site. While the company makes no bones about the fact that its entire service is based on Microsoft technologies, its exclusion of all but Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser is likely to raise the ire of standards advocates. Those advocates argue that the existence of Web standards, set chiefly by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), means that any standards-compliant browser should be able to access and use any Web site. But IE's steady march toward market domination over the last seven years has whittled away at many developers' resolve to code to standards. Many have chosen to code their sites directly to IE, locking out those who use Netscape, Mozilla, Opera, Safari and other alternatives to the market leader. [link\|http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-5052388.html?tag=fd_top\|link] lincoln "Four score and seven years ago, I had a better sig" [link\|http://users3.ev1.net/~bconnors/resume.htm\|VB/SQL resume] [link\|http://users3.ev1.net/~bconnors/tandem_resume.htm\|Tandem resume] [link\|mailto:bconnors@ev1.net\|contact me]
Post #110,947 by Andrew Grygus 7/22/03 5:06:09 PM Reply	Do not discount Microsoft's influence Until otherwise proven, presume Microsoft gave them a "deal they couldn't refuse" if they went IE specific, because historically, the chances are 80% or better that they did. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #111,093 by flatboy2016 7/23/03 9:03:23 AM Reply	Re: Do not discount Microsoft's influence I agree. I spot the hand of Bill in all this. Considering that the music files are in WMA format, I have to say "What the fsck?" No MP3. How are you supposed to download to you favorite portable music player? Even though Apple uses AAC for its iTunes Music Store, it's still a standard format. So, IE + WMA + other MickeySoft technology, leaves me wondering the viability of BuyMusic.com Plus the pricing and licensing structure is ALL over the place. Songs are AS LOW as 79 cents but most are in the 99 cent- $1.29 range. Plus it's unclear what songs can be transferred, burned, etc. We'll see..... bob Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has-Margaret Mead
Post #110,950 by jb4 7/22/03 5:20:07 PM Reply	Simple solution: Don't buy anything from their site, and let them know that. And if they continue to be bastards, fuck 'em! jb4 The difference between Confidence and Ego is that Confidence has respect, while Ego does not. Candyce Burns (my wife)
Post #110,952 by Ashton 7/22/03 5:21:41 PM 7/22/03 5:27:22 PM Reply	The Long March --> Longhorn opens with a pewling whimper as befits the North Korea of Bizness. Acti-Vex wrapper indeed.. First they came for the pop-music audio-drugs - but I was not a user, so I paid little attention. Then they came for the New Acti-Vexed-email Nonstandard. And I couldn't even scream back. Ashton Nuke from Orbit - it's not just for breakfast quips anymore PS - my cheery little note to webmaster@ bounced. Of Course! Do It, then.. hide. What a group, these Murican-biznessmen - afraid to fly with nailclippers or plastic forks - afraid of an autistic sociopath with $$ - afraid of __ fear itself. Bring on The Depre$$ion to match the depression of all the workers for such pansies. Edited by Ashton July 22, 2003, 05:27:22 PM EDT Expand All History
Post #111,122 by andread 7/23/03 10:53:58 AM Reply	Media Player 9 and SMDI are also required for using the site their selection right now is so pitiful that it hardly seems worth bothering with even though there might be an occasional bargain here of there most of the non-indie, non-major artist stuff that I browsed is stuff that can often be found cheap in cut-outs or eBay, etc. if you click on any songs download link it does tell you the transfer, burning rules etc. I see from Google that there are wma to mp3 and/or wav converters available wonder how that changes the use of any downloads A Play I Some Music w/ Papa Andy Saturday 8 PM - 11 PM ET All Night Rewind 11 PM - 5 PM Reggae, African and Caribbean Music [link\|http://wxxe.org\|Tune In]

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