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Re: Microsoft brand is in deep decline

On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 19:09:37 -0500, Ignoramus10476 wrote:

> On 2008-03-29, Moshe Goldfarb <brick.n.straw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:16:56 GMT, Wes Groleau wrote:
>>
>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>> Microsoft will have to drop the "soft" from the brand and try to
>>>> evolve with something like "Zune" (Oh lordy!).
>>> 
>>> M$ will never catch the iPod.
>>
>> And where are all these Linux based iPod-like devices we keep hearing
>> about?
> 
> I have one and it works very well. It is called Cowon A3 movie player.
> To be more precise, it is my wife's, as I do not watch movies. It works
> great and does not require any software, it looks like a USB drive to
> the host computer.
> 
> My major opposition to iPod is that it requires installing Apple
> spyware.

Actually, you don't have to instal any Apple software to use an iPod 
under Linux.

> 
> When I bought it, I had no idea that it was linux based, it was just a
> birthday present. The only tip that it was linux, was a GPL disclosure
> at the end of the manual and the fact that it played all movie file
> types.
> 
> i
> 
>> The Linux loons keep telling us they are iPod killers....
>>
>> Where are they hiding?
>>





-- 
Rick

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