Ogg Vorbis portables [was Re: If I switch OS's will I be able to...]

[Michael R. Head]

On Mon, 2007-03-05 at 00:11 +0100, Darryl LeCount wrote:
> I've never actually understood the logic behind charging a premium for a
> player that supports a format for which no patent fees or license
> charges are required to be paid.

I don't think it's quite right to say they're charging a premium. Of
course, supporting more formats is more work and will have a higher cost
associated with it. There's also the problem of economies of scale. Not
to mention, they have all the costs that non-Vorbis players including
mp3 licensing fees as well as the hardware.

I wonder how cheap an ogg-only player could be?

> On Sun, 2007-03-04 at 15:44 -0500, Matthew Flaschen wrote:
> > Lorenzo Taylor wrote:
> > > Long live Ogg Vorbis, and please, please make it more widely supported
> > > on lower priced portable players that are capable of using standard size
> > > batteries!
> > 
> > Come on.  You've got to vote with your wallet.
> > 
> > Matt Flaschen
> > 
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