> Being incompatible with other things is not the goal Yes, a lot of the time it is. Apple went out of their way to prevent the ipod working with non-itunes so

> Being incompatible with other things is not the goal Yes, a lot of the time it is. Apple went out of their way to prevent the ipod working with non-itunes software, they also went out of their way to make itunes music streaming over the network incompatible with other software.