[Open-graphics] Re: Patents

[James Richard Tyrer]

Lourens Veen wrote:
> I don't think anyone but Apple could sell a music player without mp3
> support actually.

Currently true.  But, with Apple having a large share of the player
market, AAC is still significant competition to MP3.  The question is 
will people buy non-iPod players that only support MP3 since it is now 
considered to be an obsolete standard by the MPEG.  MP3 will not decline 
till other newer systems have significant market penetration.  But, this 
does not mean that there isn't significant competition to MP3 currently.

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JRT