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I think it's premature to say that NetMD is going to eliminate some users 
who use Linux.  It's typically been the case that Linux programmers out 
there come up with their own opensource solutions for issues like hardware 
and software support.

:ml

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Mike Lastucka, B. Tech
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>From: Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: MD: about NetMD, can it do SP? -- And: NetMD upload path
>Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 07:35:22 -0700 (PDT)
>
>
> >"Eric Woudenberg, Minidisc.org Editor"
> >And given that OpenMG Jukebox 2.1 already supports .WAV, .WMA and .MP3
> >download (via an internal transcoding to ATRAC3 step) I think NetMD
> >will be very interesting after all.
>
>Interesting to Windows users, but apparently useless to Linux/MacOS/etc
>users.  By forcing all computer-driven input to be managed by OpenMG 
>Jukebox
>they're dead-ending some of their customer base; I expect I'll buy the
>current generation more cheaply when NetMD comes out, and that'll have to
>suffice until I switch over to MP3 CDR/hard drive units.  Alas, I've 
>enjoyed
>MD's utility and fidelity, but if there's to be no hope of faster
>upload/download than SPDIF I've got to move on.
>
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