[cw-discuss] iTunes

[John Wheaton]

Search for "iTunes Linux Petition"
Here's one I'd signed:  http://www.petitiononline.com/itmslin/petition.html

Apple is continuing to do better at hiding any real email links.
There appear to now be "discussions" for iTunes Music Store and
iPod+iTunes.  searching for discussions or starting a new one would be
a way to raise the issue again.


Also, please do not misconstrue this as anything against Wine or
Crossover.  My goal in the future includes rediscovering games that I
can run under Kubuntu thanks to Crossover.  My issue with iTunes is
that I personally find it ridiculous that Apple practically refuses to
take the steps to go from their *nix OS to other *nix OSes.  They are
throwing away marketshare (and have lost this customer).

Something I've turned onto lately is Amazonmp3.com.  As I said, I'm
happy staying away from Apple's proprietary M4A/AAC format in favor of
MP3s.  It's probably too much to hope for OGG or FLAC one of these
days, so the ubiquitous MP3 will have to do.

Regards,
 John.


On Nov 8, 2007 8:11 AM, Manaen Schlabach <manaen.schlabach at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes...Wine does rock/is great on World of War CraC..er Craft and other
> cool games these days.  Do you have a link to these petitions and
> would you care to share the email addresses of the devs that you have
> found for iTunes?  There is strength in numbers if enough of us "Wine"
> maybe they will start checking with Codeweaver's compatibility center
> (it is only one additional step for whoever is doing the Windows port
> ;) ...)
>
>
> On 11/7/07, John Wheaton <johnwheaton2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I know I've taken it the extra step and signed one or two petitions
> > asking them to port it -- I've even emailed their support directly.
> > I'm pretty happy using Amarok through, and have reached the point
> > where I'm happier with Apple knowing what music I like.
> >
> > I save my WINEing ;^) for games.
> >
> > Cheers!
> >
> > On Nov 7, 2007 5:14 PM, Manaen Schlabach <manaen.schlabach at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Has anyone considered approaching the iTunes devs to ask them to do
> > > compatibility checks with Wine before release?  or is that wishful
> > > thinking that would result in the "we'll be in touch" line?  It's good
> > > to hear that there is a lot of interest in getting the app to work.
> > >
> > >
> > > On 11/7/07, Jeremy White <jwhite at codeweavers.com> wrote:
> > > > Hi Manaen,
> > > >
> > > > Actually, it's not really a lack of demand; we have clear demand for it.
> > > >
> > > > There are two issues:  First, the iTunes application is very finicky, and
> > > > very hard; improving it is an incredibly laborious process.  Second, Apple
> > > > is changing it so rapidly, that it's very hard to catch up.  For a while,
> > > > iTunes 4.X worked quite nicely, and we worked to keep it going, but Apple
> > > > made 4.X useless (disabled access to the store), thereby forcing us to
> > > > have to support 7.X in order to honestly claim support.  And there is a new
> > > > 7.X release just about every week, it seems...
> > > >
> > > > The good news is that a lot of other folks in the Wine community
> > > > (thanks Juan!) have done some work on iTunes, so we're at least
> > > > part of the way there already.
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > >
> > > > Jeremy
> > > >
> > > > Manaen Schlabach wrote:
> > > > > Jeremy,
> > > > >
> > > > >     What is the issue on iTunes?  A lack of pledge support?  Too few
> > > > > people rating it as a critical app?  I know that if you said it needed
> > > > > pledge support I personally wouldn't mind kicking some money in to
> > > > > help speed the development up.  Perhaps there are others on the list
> > > > > who feel the same way.  There really aren't many apps that Codeweavers
> > > > > can't get working so I suspect that since it still doesn't work it is
> > > > > due to Codeweavers having better returns from focusing their efforts
> > > > > elsewhere..  Am I off base or close to the heart of the matter?  What
> > > > > would it take for Codeweavers to focus in on getting iTunes to run?
> > > > >
> > > > > Best Regards,
> > > > > Manaen
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On 11/7/07, Jeremy White <jwhite at codeweavers.com> wrote:
> > > > >> Hi Peter,
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Modern versions of iTunes don't work with CrossOver, I'm afraid.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> We hope to fix that in a future version, but for now, you won't
> > > > >> get any joy by trying.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Cheers,
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Jeremy
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Peter Bradley wrote:
> > > > >>> I'm sure somebody's already asked this.  Please forgive my failing memory.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> Is it possible to install iTunes under crossover?  I tried but it exited
> > > > >>> with an error (iTunes requires Windows XP or Vista).
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> Peter
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>
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