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• Songbird developer misses the point
  OK. I'm a big fan of open source. I prefer it. But this is one of
  those projects that doesn't make much sense. (I'm sure there
  were folks that said the same thing about Mozilla a few years
  back. And boy, were they wrong.) However, the difference with
  this situation is that iTunes is the leader because of the iPod.
  The iPod--eventually--will work well with Songbird, but it works
  perfectly with iTunes now and will always. Since both apps are
  free, iPod owners, the dominant force in digital players, will just
  go with iTunes because it assures compatibility and it's easier to
  deal with. This is similar to how IE continues to dominate
  despite Firefox being a better option--IE is already there (on the
  desktop) and it move well enough for undiscriminating users.

  February 9, 2006

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• Songbird developer misses the point
  OK. I'm a big fan of open source. I prefer it. But this is one of
  those projects that doesn't make much sense. (I'm sure there
  were folks that said the same thing about Mozilla a few years
  back. And boy, were they wrong.) However, the difference with
  this situation is that iTunes is the leader because of the iPod.
  The iPod--eventually--will work well with Songbird, but it works
  perfectly with iTunes now and will always. Since both apps are
  free, iPod owners, the dominant force in digital players, will just
  go with iTunes because it assures compatibility and it's easier to
  deal with. This is similar to how IE continues to dominate
  despite Firefox being a better option--IE is already there (on the
  desktop) and it move well enough for undiscriminating users.

  February 9, 2006

  0 replies