The problem is you don't know what you are talking about. The only way an Ipod supports WMA encoded files is if they are encoded with AAC.
If you have WMA files and you wish to keep them WMA files you are SOL if you buy an Ipod. Spin all you want, you can't spin your way out of that
That sentence, with the qualifier, is true. But it is not what you said in the first place.
How about I attribute that to lazy typing, and you attribute the Compaq reverse-engineering comment to lazy typing, and we drop both.