On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 11:24:40 -0700 "K. Richard Pixley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The linux market hasn't really ever competed in those markets. There > aren't any serious photography apps, video editing apps, etc. What will > hurt linux in the market place is DRM. I can play dvd's on my mac. I > can't on most out-of-the-box linux distributions. That's only (mostly) because the installation media (whatever your distro) can't bring in libdvdcss. Apple can ship the equivalent because whatever they use for that function is something you'll not likely ever see the source code for. Of course, many Linux users (as true with Apple users as well) aren't all that interested in whatever libdvdcss does, but just want to be able to play DVDs on their box. I'm just a newbie to digital photograhy, but I've looked at iphoto a bit and decided I didn't really like it. I have (imho) better software for display, management, and alteration of digital photographs. drm *might* make things easier for the Applo end-user but I believe that it will hinder much more than it will help. Itunes will be more of a platform that exists for users to buy music and less a platform for people to manage it. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED] change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]