Re: [linux-audio-user] mp3 patent / microsoft

perhaps someone who is savvy and knows technical details could write up a template for a letter people could send to these companies(who ever they are.) i try and convince the podcasters that i use to make the switch, but ogg still seems like some sort of complex geek thing most people. btw do you have a link for the microsoft bust? On 2/28/07, Juhana Sadeharju <kouhia(a)nic.funet.fi> wrote: > > Nobody took this news to this list!? > Microsoft was ruled to pay about a billion for infringing > a mp3 patent. When that is verified in higher courts, it > is expected that many companies will face the same issue. > I hope the bill for individual Windows users is high enough > so that OGG starts sounding a good idea. > > Juhana > -- > http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-graphics-dev > for developers of open source graphics software >