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#157690 - 02/05/2003 22:14 Re: Apple's selling music! 99c per song. [Re: CityBeach]
tfabris carpal tunnel Registered: 20/12/1999 Posts: 31597 Loc: Seattle, WA	and the fact that you can hack the Empeg kernel (not good news for a DRM system) Like you can't hack the iPod. Heh... _________________________ Tony Fabris
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#157691 - 02/05/2003 23:39 Re: Apple's selling music! 99c per song. [Re: CityBeach]
rob carpal tunnel Registered: 21/05/1999 Posts: 5335 Loc: Cambridge UK	Certainly in the case of WMA DRM, it is not possible to license it for Linux (or any GPL OS). That's probably true for this also. The new HDD portable runs a different OS for that exact reason.
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#157692 - 04/05/2003 22:41 Re: Apple's selling music! 99c per song. [Re: rob]
adavidw addict Registered: 10/11/2000 Posts: 497 Loc: Utah, USA	Whoa, different OS? I had always assumed it would be Linux since the player software we currently know and love is running it on. No reason it can't be compiled for something else, of course. But, if you can say, what OS is being used? I'll have to stop getting my hopes up for PearlHijack now. _________________________ -Aaron
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#157693 - 05/05/2003 01:47 Re: Apple's selling music! 99c per song. [Re: adavidw]
rob carpal tunnel Registered: 21/05/1999 Posts: 5335 Loc: Cambridge UK	eCos - an excellent OS for embedded applications. I believe it was even developed here in Cambridge (at least we keep seeing RedHat guys in the Wrestlers wearing eCos shirts). Rob
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