At 12:42 PM 26/01/03 -0800, David B. Peterson wrote:
>>I don't see why a site that offers MP3 downloads would differentiate
>>between Windows or Mac users. It's only if you go to some pay sites that
>>use a their own format (ie, not MP3, which play on nay number of devices)
>>and special software that she might have a problem. What sites in
>>particular didn't work?
>
><http://wippit.com/> does not support the Macintosh.  It's not the 
>MP3s that are incompatible, it's the download manager.  You don't 
>download the MP3s right from the web page, there is a download 
>manager.  This is a piece of software that arbitrates the downloads. 
>You can queue downloads and let them finish in their own time.  This 
>doesn't tie up your web browser.  But it does slow your Internet 
>connection for a time. :)

Yes, but this site is not one that offers free downloads. The software is
to enforce payment. 
Definitions are being distorted, no doubt for marketing reasons, I don't
know why they refer to it there as "P2P", it doesn't appear to be that.

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