Because FLAC is lossless and great...

[sensaes]

...but MP3 is portable:

http://media-convert.com/

(Note: Many other file formats covered.)

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Edit: Micro$oft discovers war driving...about six years after the rest of us.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/376308_software25.html

(From: http://research.microsoft.com/news/msrnews/newsDisplay.aspx?0rc=n&id=2076)

It's more fun on a motorbike, of course.