[Am-info] Microsoft Admits XP Media Player Spies on Users

[Mitch Stone]

On Friday, February 22, 2002, at 04:50 PM, John Poltorak wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 04:36:28PM -0800, Mitch Stone wrote:
>> Well so long as WMP is still "free," we can't complain.
>
>
> WMP is not free since you have to incur the Microsoft Tax to be able to
> run it.

Hence the quotation marks around "free." The basic rule of economics: 
everything comes at a price, even when it's not in cash. Now we know the 
price of WMP. Incidentally, one of the common criticisms of the Mac is 
that WMP for the Mac isn't kept up-to-date with the Windows version. Yup, 
I'm really weeping in my beer over that one.

   Mitch Stone
   mitch@accidentalexpert.com