bah any cryptograher would tell u its the protocol not the algorithm that counts eg WEP
i think the thing people are missing is that a good deal of people live in the \"free\" world where we get to choose what products we wish to spend our hard earned nuggets on. M$ been spending ages trying to force people to use their products, for instance the reaction from the dvd forum in regards to WMA being included in the standard? one thing to keep in mind all of the big service providers want u and other providers to use their products, and no one wants to pay M$ more royalites. the content providers would most prbly go for the service provider with the most largest customer base...
anyway if u live in a place like china u would go for the pirated version if u didnt want to spend a years wages on a copy of photoshop...
