[cw-discuss] iTunes

[John Wheaton]

I'll blame a cold for not considering the GUI component.  Given that
detail you kindly pointed out, I can more clearly see where porting
iTunes isn't quite the tweak-and-compile I thought it was.

Amarok + amazonmp3.com still brings joy.

Cheers!
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John.

On Nov 8, 2007 10:23 AM, Simon Roby <simon.roby at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11/8/07, John Wheaton <johnwheaton2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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).
>
> You seem to imply that iTunes would be a simple tweak-and-recompile
> away from being usable under Linux. Mac OS X may have a BSD layer but
> iTunes and all other GUI apps in Mac OS X are _not_ running under that
> layer. Porting iTunes to another "*nix OS" is far from being a trivial
> job, in fact it would be just as much work as the Windows port, which
> was justifiable because Windows owns about 95% of the market, but is
> definitely not the case for Linux. The marketshare they're "throwing
> away" is insignificant, especially when you take into account that
> most Linux users are likely to not being interested by iTunes at all,
> since it's 1) not free software and 2) a DRM tool.
>
> Anyway I don't understand why people find it "ridiculous" (to use your
> own words) that Apple won't port iTunes for Linux. Apple sees Linux as
> a direct competitor to their platform. They have absolutely no reason
> to support it. I don't see how they would be even remotely interested
> in doing a Linux port of _any_ of their applications, even if it were
> a simple job.
> --
> - SR
>
>
> > 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.
> >
> >
>