Robert Cringely had an interesting item in his 2004 predictions:
12) Wal-Mart's entry into the music download business changes everything,
and
will undoubtedly take the leadership away from Apple. This wouldn't bother
Apple if Wal-Mart would support its file standards so Wal-Mart music can play
on iPods, but that won't happen. In order to compete for what really counts
(iPod sales, not music downloads), Apple MIGHT start to support other file
formats. No guarantee on that.
(http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20040101.html)
Looks like a good opportunity for the open media crowd, and vorbis in
particular. While Walmart are evil, they're also cheap, so they're bound
to
like a royalty free codec if they can get some company to produce cheap
players.
John
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