ARTICLE - ESR gives up on Fedora

[Ben Scott]

On 2/22/07, Thomas Charron <twaffle at gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.mp3licensing.com/royalty/software.html
>
>   50,000$ one time up front fee, and they can solve the issue of an
> Open Source MP3 player.  For everyone.

  Oh, please.  Do you really think Thomson is going to agree to
license for perpetual unlimited distribution to other parties?  If
they did, then *everyone else* could use the same license, and their
*entire revenue stream* from MP3 would evaporate.  Don't be stupid; it
doesn't become you.

> Ever wonder how Windows can decode MP3s within ANY Windows
> application?

  Ever notice that Windows costs $200 a pop?

-- Ben