Re: Clip: Geek alert: Microsoft's challenge to MP3 format
At 11:10 AM 3/12/99 -0800, you wrote: http://www.mp3.com/news/197.html Exclusive: Microsoft Prepares Breakthrough MS Audio 4.0! By Doug Reece March 11, 1999 Sources say that Microsoft will release MS Audio 4.0--a new file format that compresses audio files to half the size of an average MP3 file while improving sound quality--sometime in April. Is there any aspect to computing they do not feel entitled to be a part of? Geez. Jeff Miles of Music mail order http://www.milesofmusic.com FREE printed Catalog: (818) 883-9975 fax: (818) 992-8302, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Alt-Country, rockabilly, bluegrass, folk, power pop and tons more.
Re: Clip: Geek alert: Microsoft's challenge to MP3 format
At 11:10 AM -0800 on 3/12/99, Brad Bechtel passed along an article that said: Sources say the format will have a security feature built in, but reports are mixed as to MS Audio 4.0's e-commerce capability. Some believe the format will launch with commerce functions built in; others say it's not clear how far along Microsoft is with commercial applications. Very far, I'd say, considering the headlines Microsoft has made about its invasions of privacy this week. Every document created by their applications has information about the user and the user's system embedded in it, and that information is sent to microsoft.com. I'd say doing the same for an audio player would be child's play to the company. Bob
