[DC LoCo] /. News: Apple's Lossless Audio Codec (ALAC) Now Open Source

[Dan Chen]

On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 10:37, Eric Maag <eric.maag at gmail.com> wrote:
> Is this even really relevant to codecs these days, I thought mp3 was
> the end all be all for compressed audio, someone pls enlighten me. Or
> this more a nod toward the iOS opening? Seems like the stance is since
> no one's really using it might as well open it up...

Well, it's certainly relevant from an "academically curious"
perspective. In terms of adoption, well, we'll see. In many, if not
most, circles, either Shorten or FLAC are preferred.

Metta,
-Dan