Comments on: An open letter to Jim Prentice http://www.sowrey.org/2008/06/an-open-letter-to-jim-prentice/ A miscellany of know-it-all-isms by Geoff Sowrey Fri, 06 Jan 2012 04:27:17 +0000 hourly 1 By: Calgary: Vote “no” for Prentice! at The Observer's Log http://www.sowrey.org/2008/06/an-open-letter-to-jim-prentice/#comment-8862 Calgary: Vote “no” for Prentice! at The Observer's Log Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:59:08 +0000 http://www.sowrey.org/?p=1000#comment-8862 [...] folks, it’s your friendly (but still pissed-off) Ex-Pat reminding you that with tomorrow’s federal election, you can send the message to [...] [...] folks, it’s your friendly (but still pissed-off) Ex-Pat reminding you that with tomorrow’s federal election, you can send the message to [...]

]]> By: Just say “no” to Prentice! at The Observer's Log http://www.sowrey.org/2008/06/an-open-letter-to-jim-prentice/#comment-8844 Just say “no” to Prentice! at The Observer's Log Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:21:24 +0000 http://www.sowrey.org/?p=1000#comment-8844 [...] last reminder. It’s the big day. Make sure the Conservatives get the message: don’t ram bad laws on Canadians and expect that they won’t notice or [...] [...] last reminder. It’s the big day. Make sure the Conservatives get the message: don’t ram bad laws on Canadians and expect that they won’t notice or [...]

]]> By: Geoff http://www.sowrey.org/2008/06/an-open-letter-to-jim-prentice/#comment-5305 Geoff Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:46:17 +0000 http://www.sowrey.org/?p=1000#comment-5305 Dekay, agreed -- the iPod is definitely not as open as most (in-the-know) people would like. But that said, I don't have any issues against Apple for this, because they at least designed and developed a system that actually works. (Microsoft, please take note, integrating with a store through Media Player does not work. At all.) Should Apple support vorbis ogg? I'd ask "why not?", and likely be countered (by/through Apple) some issue surrounding DCMA (and their implementation through FairPlay). Truth is it's bad business for them. My concern isn't so much about the unit I play my music on, it's that I want to play it wherever I damn well please. Dekay, agreed — the iPod is definitely not as open as most (in-the-know) people would like. But that said, I don’t have any issues against Apple for this, because they at least designed and developed a system that actually works. (Microsoft, please take note, integrating with a store through Media Player does not work. At all.)

Should Apple support vorbis ogg? I’d ask “why not?”, and likely be countered (by/through Apple) some issue surrounding DCMA (and their implementation through FairPlay). Truth is it’s bad business for them.

My concern isn’t so much about the unit I play my music on, it’s that I want to play it wherever I damn well please.

]]> By: Another open letter to Jim Prentice | davehamel.com 3.0 http://www.sowrey.org/2008/06/an-open-letter-to-jim-prentice/#comment-5304 Another open letter to Jim Prentice | davehamel.com 3.0 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:41:22 +0000 http://www.sowrey.org/?p=1000#comment-5304 [...] colleague Geoff Sowrey wrote what I think is a brilliant open letter to Jim Prentice. In fact he inspired me to write one of my own as well. If you don’t know who Jim Prentice is [...] [...] colleague Geoff Sowrey wrote what I think is a brilliant open letter to Jim Prentice. In fact he inspired me to write one of my own as well. If you don’t know who Jim Prentice is [...]

]]> By: dekay http://www.sowrey.org/2008/06/an-open-letter-to-jim-prentice/#comment-5303 dekay Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:43:47 +0000 http://www.sowrey.org/?p=1000#comment-5303 What I do not understand is why would anyone who is aware of technology and supports fair use, buys an IPod? IPods/ITunes have restrictive measures and business models (DRM and such). They do not even support open source alternative formats such as vorbis ogg. We vote every day with our money and people who buy IPods vote and support DRM and other draconian business models. IPod and DRM: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070122-8676.html http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2157290/ipod-dominance-worsening-drm http://www.rafb.net/cohen/blog/2007/02/16/itunes-and-restrictive-drm/ What I do not understand is why would anyone who is aware of technology and supports fair use, buys an IPod? IPods/ITunes have restrictive measures and business models (DRM and such). They do not even support open source alternative formats such as vorbis ogg.

We vote every day with our money and people who buy IPods vote and support DRM and other draconian business models.

IPod and DRM:
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070122-8676.html
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2157290/ipod-dominance-worsening-drm
http://www.rafb.net/cohen/blog/2007/02/16/itunes-and-restrictive-drm/

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