What will replace the CD?
Jan Holm wrote:
"Walt" wrote
The replacement is here already - a digital file that is stored on
whatever digital storage media happens to be lying around. Get rid of the
notion that a recording needs to be distributed as a physical object.
I want everything I own, everywhere I am, any time I want.
No digital media "lying arround" will handle this. No everyone
is going to have a media server at home. This will be connected
to the internet - at your fingertip constantly.
I think we're basically saying the same thing - the replacement "unit"
is a digital file which is not tied to any particular physical location.
The technology for moving those bits around so that you can have them
whereever you want is subject to some evolution, but the replacement for
the CD is here now.
//Walt
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// unfortunately an infererior format is currently the most popular
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