2005 was a very productive year for the Billy Boys. March brought us Harry a baby boy for Ian Ridge followed in April by Megan a baby daughter for Patrick and to finish of the year on Boxing Day Jonathan a baby boy for Ian Anderson the Gorilla chief and Partner Dr Jess Mahdavi. What will things be like by the time these guys get to their 18th birthdays, they won't be stealing our CD's thats for sure, they will have no use for them.

The speed of techno-advance even amazes me but many of us have played in one pond for quite some time - open source. Our website is built using open source products and now our suppliers are increasingly turning to open source to build open platform products that will transform the way we appreciate our music. Unhampered by the constraints of CD standards and mechanisms, those of us who have prayed quietly for the death of CD and MP3 restrictions can now rejoice. Flac has arrived in the mainstream and new codecs will ensure you get better performance. Rock on. Standards like Red Book are useful to create a level playing field but are also restrictive and have depressed music quality for years. The first of a new bread has arrived, the Klimax DS. The future is right here right now - and in true LA Confidential style, remember you read it here first.

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