AW: [linux-audio-user] ogg player for Windows?

Daniel James daniel at mondodesigno.com
Fri Oct 10 10:42:00 EDT 2003


> i kind of agree, but filesize is not a unique advantage of ogg.

I meant compared to MP3. 

> The marketing guy will come along and say 'use wma then'.

That's marketing guys for you. DRM music formats aren't actually very 
popular, are they?

> ogg has one single unique advantage: Freedom. I'm not
> convinced that promoting it on any other grounds will be successful
> in the long term.

I'd agree - I was thinking strictly short-term, as the post-MP3 
formats jostle for position. 

Cheers

Daniel



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