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About this siteFor six years, the Internet Nexus served as my technology blog, but I've since started blogging at the SuperSite Blog instead. If you're looking for the blog, please head there. --Paul Thursday, January 29, 2004Oh, the ironyI've been writing for a while now that Apple's lock-in strategy is inferior to Microsoft's strategy of getting Windows Media on as many devices as possible, and have noted that it is harmful to consumers. In fact, I wrote an editorial about this topic ("HP's iPod Moves Could Hurt the Industry") that was blasted by Mac advocates. So why is it that when a Microsoft employee writes the very same thing (after clearly reading what I had first written), you start seeing Mac advocates starting to come around the notion that Microsoft might have a point? In a bizarre PowerPage editorial, managing editor Peter Kirn says, "The guy's got a point. With DRM and proprietary formats -- which both WMA and Apple AAC represent -- buying music is no longer a simple matter of buy once, play everywhere. Apple should look at the future: will its songs be compatible with future consumer electronics? ... Apple lovers may flame Scoble now, but you know they'll be angry at Jobs if a few years down the line they can't play their music where they want."Huh. That's exactly what I've been saying all along. Pfft. [ Posted at 10:52 AM | Permalink ]
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