Re: SoundJam had it first (was Re: iTunes coupe)
Re: SoundJam had it first (was Re: iTunes coupe)
- Subject: Re: SoundJam had it first (was Re: iTunes coupe)
- From: vectormation <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 23:57:05 -0500
The "free" mode of SoundJams was so incredibly annoying it became
counter-effective as an inducement to upgrade. Also, I think the "old
school" SoundJam owners are bitter they paid for something that's now
free to all... But hey, how many of us paid for the Apple Internet
Connection Kit way back when?
:)
~Phi
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Let's also remember that Apple BOUGHT the rights to SoundJam from C&G...not
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only the rights, but the design team <g> too. That is why iTunes and
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SoundJam seem so much alike....but I gotta say I like iTunes better...it's
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free. <G>
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> From: Timothy Bates <email@hidden>
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> Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2001 15:02:32 +1100
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> To: AppleScriptUsers List <email@hidden>
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> Subject: Re: SoundJam had it first (was Re: iTunes coupe)
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> On 6/11/01 12:28 AM, "JollyRoger" <email@hidden> wrote:
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>> On 11/5/2001 12:35 AM, "Timothy Bates" <email@hidden> wrote:
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>>> Don't you hate it when the internet DB info for a track is wrong ("crouded
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>>> house" instead of "crowded house"), or inconsistent ("Beatles, The" and
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>>> "The Beatles" and "Beatles" for the one band).
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>>> Now with iTunes 2.0.1, we have the solution!
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>> Don't you hate it when Mac users conveniently ignore third-party apps in
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>> favor of Apple apps just because Apple's name is on them? SoundJam has had
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>> this scriptability forever...
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> Correct in parts: People can only use what they know about. I never
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> purchased SoundJam (and probably never would have). Apple gives me iTunes
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> for free so I am happy.
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> But I don't "conveniently ignore third parties": I only ignore them when it
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> is convenient to do so: Often it is inconvenient to ignore third parties.
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> For instance, Apple's OS9 Text Edit application sucks. It is absolute junk.
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> But I love Tex-Edit and Pepper, and tell everyone I can about them. (Simple
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> Text under OSX has been _purposely_ crippled and I think that really sucks).
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> Similarly, Apple's Script Editor sucks, and I tell everyone to buy Script
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> Debugger.
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> Tcb
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