I didn't know these details, but what they seem to boil down to, I am affraid, is that we still might end up in gif-like situation with MP3, right? So, competition among open, semi-open and proprietary formats might not be such a bad thing, even if the behemoth we all like to hate is behind one of them :-)

Dragi "Bonzi" Raos
Zagreb, Croatia
Q#5196, MkII#80000376, 18GB green
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Dragi "Bonzi" Raos Q#5196 MkII #080000376, 18GB green MkIIa #040103247, 60GB blue