> Except that WMA ain't free or Free, either. > > My guess would be incompetence on the part of Verizon; they knew > they wanted to be able to charge to play MP3s, so they disabled that, > but didn't know what WMA was so left that alone. > I doubt that even Verizon is that incompetent.
As long as we are guessing, I would guess that they somehow got the license for WMA for free, even if WMA is not Free. Or they somehow convinced themselves that they needed the WMA technology to create their boops and bleeps and ringtones for the phone, and so paid for the technology that people would least want, freeing their customers to pay for the technology that they really wanted (mp3). Hmmm, this is an offshoot of the Microsoft model.... Never vote for incompetence when pure evil will also explain it. :-} md -- Jon "maddog" Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW: http://www.li.org Board Member: Uniforum Association Board Member Emeritus: USENIX Association (2000-2006) (R)Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in several countries. (R)Linux International is a registered trademark in the USA used pursuant to a license from Linux Mark Institute, authorized licensor of Linus Torvalds, owner of the Linux trademark on a worldwide basis (R)UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the USA and other countries. _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
