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:Seven complaints about Linux and why Windows users make them
Seven complaints about Linux and why Windows users make them
Jul 13, 2009, 23 :04 UTC (5 Talkback[s]) (5885 reads)

"The first complaint:

""I put a DVD in my player and it won't play."

"This problem, like most of them on this list, is the result of user ignorance brought on by some external force or another. This particular problem comes about when terms like DVD and MP3 become marketing buzzwords. Their definitions are reduced to the most distilled, basic descriptions of what they should be because products sell better that way. Here's how these words look in a Best Buy salesman's dictionary:

DVD - n. A movie.
MP3 - n. Music.

"But they're both so much more than that. They're patented formats, which makes all the difference. Any time you purchase a DVD or a DVD player or a DVD-ROM drive, anytime you buy any device that plays MP3 files, part of your money spent is paying the owners of the DVD and MP3 license."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
If you want to play a dvd or a mp3 and y ...   Playing DVD or MP3   
Harold
Jul 14, 2009, 03:29:48
 
And this is different from what you can  ...   Re: Playing DVD or MP3   
Mike
Jul 14, 2009, 13:16:36
 
> If you want to play a dvd or a mp3 and ...   Re: Playing DVD or MP3   
Frank Earl (aka Svartalf)
Jul 14, 2009, 13:29:01
 
> And this is different from what you ca ...   Re: Re: Playing DVD or MP3   
Frank Earl (aka Svartalf)
Jul 14, 2009, 13:32:50
 
>> And this is different from what you c ...   Re: Re: Re: Playing DVD or MP3   
Rainer Weikusat
Jul 14, 2009, 16:00:05
 
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