[Ti] OT: Funniest Windows user rave in years

[Glenn L. Austin]

on 5/27/2003 11:24 PM, Michael Bigley at wakinyan at fuse.net wrote:

>> What is Apple's advantage with this service?
>>  Why has'nt Microsoft or anyone else offered
>>  the same deal? Or is it just a matter of time.
> 
> Steve Jobs' arrogance is charismatic and he was able to pull off
> deals with the big 5 labels.
> 
> Bill Gates' arrogance is offensive and I doubt he get get a record
> exec to return his phone calls after he tried to order them to change
> the way they did business so Microsoft could develop proprietary
> hardware and software to produce all forms of music and eventually
> the record labels would have to pay M$ fees to produce music.

Also remember - the Steve Jobs who runs Apple is *the same* Steve Jobs who
runs Pixar.

Sometimes these things have a lot of synergy.  In this case, isn't Pixar a
"member" of MPAA and RIAA?  That can make a lot of difference when dealing
with an organization if it is someone associated instead of an outsider.
  
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