which doesn't augur well for those who wish to download legally purchased
music files for transfer to any type of hard disk based music player (e.g.
iPod).

M

p.s. I wonder if all those websites running *NIX systems realise that, in
reality, all their systems are good for is running crapware and stealing
music? 8�>

"Robin Laing" <rlaing@drdc-rddc.gc.ca> wrote in message
news:1087831856.227165@coyote...

Al Wilson wrote:

On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 08:48:01 -0600, Robin Laing wrote:

I use Linux so this isn't an issue.  I also use ogg for ripping my
CD's as there is no DRM in ogg.  There is supposed to be DRM added to
mp3 codec later this year.  I am still looking for a portable player
that will play ogg files.  I know that IRiver has a couple of models.

That's all that Linux is good for:  running crapware and stealing music.

Oh, hum.  Yawn.

At least I know that in 3 years I will still be able to play my music
on a new computer or over my home lan.

Of course WinXPpro wasn't good enough for work and I had to dump it
for Linux.

If you read the article, you will have seen that the author had
problems reading his own legally purchased files after having to do a
re-install of his Windows OS.