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It looks like I should have split that paragraph up. I was not suggesting that it was because of the UK that Microsoft bailed Apple out. At the time there was no other viable desktop OS, linux was in its infancy and still open source. OS2 may have been a choice in the DOS days but was long dead by the time Winodws 98 came along. It was in their interest to keep their main competitor going.
I agree with you about the DRM issue, but it doesn't change anything. I have to stick by my view that by tying iTMS to the iPod it stifles choice and interferes with choice. Something that Apple seems to hold in high regard that people should have. It just seems a ploy to get people to buy the players who might otherwise have gone down another route.
I have recently purchased my first iPod having owned Creative and Sony models in the past and am very impressed with it (battery life aside). But I would not be very happy if another company, record or otherwise,put up another on-line music site and I had to buy another player to use their content.
We may just have to agree to differ on this.
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