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March 2, 2006

ITunes Fails to Meet Free University Ideal

Here’s my first gripe: Podcasting is based on open — HTTP, RSS — and vendor-neutral MP3 Latest News about MP3 standards. However, Apple’s iTunes U is, quite unnecessarily, a walled garden. Among mainstream programs, only the iTunes client can download the talks. Among mainstream players, only iTunes, QuickTime and the iPod can play them.

I couldn’t agree more with you Mr. Udell.

ITunes Fails to Meet Free University Ideal