Jobs on Music: Pandering or Profound

I can't tell if Steve Jobs' latest rant against the music industry is simply pandering to the masses while whining about the European regulators, or if the "DRM will likely never work" sentiment is sincere. My first two thoughts are:

• Convenient excuse provided for not inviting others to the table: If it's broken, then we can't fix what we don't own...
  
• Instead of whining/blogging, go do some market research or broker a limited-scope deal. Maybe even run a trial and charge a premium for unlocked content (e.g. $0.99, or $1.49 for DRM-free)...

Lightroom

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom has graduated from beta, and has sucked a $200 pre-order out of my bank account. I've been using the beta for over a year on both Windows and, more recently, the Mac. I'm sure Aperture is nice, too; but the tools and features of Lightroom met my needs and the bounce across platforms didn't require re-learning. I use it as an image library and a RAW processing engine.

Now, I just have to wait for Photoshop CS3 to come out, and I'll be in image-manipulation Nirvana....