Comments on: OMD Aggregators… http://cluster.othermaps.com/omd-aggregators mediated space etc. Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:49:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: tim http://cluster.othermaps.com/omd-aggregators/comment-page-1#comment-146 tim Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 /?p=175#comment-146 makes me reflect on the good "old" days of M$oft anti-trust IE=OS. i can see the point at which iTunes and Safari merge to surmount the "portal effect". Quicktime is already such an embedded technology ... over time it seems standalone apps are absorbed by either the OS or browser. Perhaps it should all be compiled into a "license layering for profit" manual. Hell, you can play games in firmware CLIs these days! makes me reflect on the good “old” days of M$oft anti-trust IE=OS.
i can see the point at which iTunes and Safari merge to surmount the “portal effect”. Quicktime is already such an embedded technology … over time it seems standalone apps are absorbed by either the OS or browser.
Perhaps it should all be compiled into a “license layering for profit” manual.
Hell, you can play games in firmware CLIs these days!

]]> By: tim http://cluster.othermaps.com/omd-aggregators/comment-page-1#comment-147 tim Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 /?p=175#comment-147 Speaking of which http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3572436.stm Speaking of which
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3572436.stm

]]> By: darrell http://cluster.othermaps.com/omd-aggregators/comment-page-1#comment-148 darrell Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 /?p=175#comment-148 yep -- i guess another play for an OMD aggregator would be to have it as a web service, so that artists could for example easily have 'buy my stuff' links on their website and it would find the cheapest/best format and autolink to that for the consumers (same as best-buy sites, but with hooks into the actual store so it can purchase/download and transcode behind the scenes) -- and the record labels shouldn't be upset about that, as they're still getting whatever cut they agreed with the OMDs --all that happens with an aggregation model is that the OMD providers go from having a workable brand-based business to a simple commodity model. say goodbye to sexy 'online music stores' -- its just a webby facilitation... yep — i guess another play for an OMD aggregator would be to have it as a web service, so that artists could for example easily have ‘buy my stuff’ links on their website and it would find the cheapest/best format and autolink to that for the consumers (same as best-buy sites, but with hooks into the actual store so it can purchase/download and transcode behind the scenes) — and the record labels shouldn’t be upset about that, as they’re still getting whatever cut they agreed with the OMDs –all that happens with an aggregation model is that the OMD providers go from having a workable brand-based business to a simple commodity model. say goodbye to sexy ‘online music stores’ — its just a webby facilitation…

]]> By: darrell http://cluster.othermaps.com/omd-aggregators/comment-page-1#comment-149 darrell Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 /?p=175#comment-149 quoth: you can play games in firmware CLIs these days! not just that, but you can program them IN FUCKING FORTH, which is even more fun that writing programs in postscript (which owes almost everything to FORTH).... quoth: you can play games in firmware CLIs these days!

not just that, but you can program them IN FUCKING FORTH, which is even more fun that writing programs in postscript (which owes almost everything to FORTH)….

]]> By: darrell http://cluster.othermaps.com/omd-aggregators/comment-page-1#comment-150 darrell Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 /?p=175#comment-150 on the rela vs apple thing, there are some interesting thoughts (which i think quite credible) at http://www.drunkenblog.com/drunkenblog-archives/000313.html on the rela vs apple thing, there are some interesting thoughts (which i think quite credible) at http://www.drunkenblog.com/drunkenblog-archives/000313.html

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