Re: how to buy at apple's iTunes music site with linux ?

From: Jeffrey Silverman (jeffrey_at_jhu.edu)
Date: 07/18/03 

Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 10:05:25 -0400

On Thu, 17 Jul 2003 21:03:54 -0400, Adam Shapiro wrote:

>
>> how to buy at apple's iTunes music site with linux ?
>>
>> at http://www.apple.com/music/store/shop.html is saya:
>>
>> The iTunes Music Store requires a Mac equipped with iTunes 4 and Mac OS
>> X Version 10.1.5 or later.
>>
>> So is there a solution for Linux?
>
> At the moment there isn't a solution to this problem (nor for Windows) but
> at the MacWorld Expo this week Apple discussed updates to the iTunes
> website as well as a release of iTunes for Windows (and hopefully Linux
> ;). We can only hope that us non-mac users (though I hope to get a G5
> soon) will have solutions to these problems soon. On the other hand, mac
> users have similar problems with Windows software (though much Linux
> software runs in OSX nowadays)...

Prediction: Apple will *never* release iTunes for Linux.

Just like they will (another prediction) *never* release QT for Linux or
iPhoto or Final Cut Pro etc. etc. 

-- 
    Jeffrey D. Silverman | jeffrey AT jhu DOT edu
Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD
                 Website | http://www.wse.jhu.edu/newtnotes/

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