A history lesson: How we almost lost Ogg Vorbis support on all MP3 players
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| So, what happened almost? Back in 2005 Microsoft introduced the new
| Windows Media DRM, codename Janus. It was brand new and was supposed
| to be used together with Windows Media Player 10. And since all
| hardware device manufactures out there needed to support this
| (hello, monopoly) Microsoft had the idea to write into the Janus
| licence that only these devices will be allowed to use Janus
| that do not support any other format (probably except MP3).
| That means no Ogg Vorbis whatsoever, maybe only by (illegal)
| firmware upgrade.
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| Fortunately, there is still something left from the antitrust
| lawsuit in the US, and in October 2005 judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly
| made pretty clear that this is not allowed. So today nothing of this
| is left, and you actually do not find much about that topic around.
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http://liquidat.wordpress.com/2007/01/07/a-history-lesson-how-we-almost-lost-ogg-vorbis-support-on-all-mp3-players/
Also this one today...
Firefox use nearly doubled in '06; Safari gained, IE and Netscape lost
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| Propelled by the release of its Version 2.0 in October, the free
| Firefox Web browser saw almost a 50% increase in use during 2006,
| according to one Web measurement firm.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9007378&source=rss_news50
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