According to Gizmodo’s Jesus Diaz, Windows Vista sales aren’t helping PC manufacturers a bit. In fact, it’s business-as-usual as a result of Vista’s release, in spite of promise after promise from Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer. Business users are likely concerned with Vista’s incompatibility with existing applications; home users are just happy with the XP beast (set of problems) they know. It appears that virtually no one is running out to buy a Vista PC.
April 2, 2007
Vista Isn’t Helping PC Sales
DRM-Free Music from Apple
For just $1.29, users can soon download DRM-free music titles from part of the iTunes music catalogue, according to Apple CEO Steve Jobs! This is a major victory for consumers’ rights and is a positive development in the evolution of online media sales. For those who seeks to keep us all in the dark ages, it is a loss of epic proportions - and I couldn’t be happier.
If this works well, I think we may see all of the major record labels following suit soon to offer DRM-free music.