Future support flac in iTunes

Question

Hi,
Since April 2004 I'm a very satisfied user of the iPod Photo 60GB and iTunes and ripped all my 1200 cd's into 320kbps AAC-files. Because I loved the way iTunes works with the iPod I was planning to buy a Macbook for next year!
Some weeks ago I bought myself an Onkyo AV-receiver with Phonar P5.5 speakers though... And now I need a lossless audio codec that is supported by iTunes, the AVR and Synology DS410, but unfortunately only WAV is supported by all 3. But the lack of an ID3-tag makes it no option for me and ALAC or FLAC got my attention.
ALAC, however, is not supported by the Onkyo-receiver and Synology-nas and I emailed them both if this will happen in the near future. Onkyo responded that they are working on it but don't know when this will be solved.
Now my questions:
1. When will FLAC be supported in iTunes?
2. And will an update for my iPod add support for FLAC (or will future iPods have it...)?
FLAC in iTunes or ALAC in receiver and nas will solve my problem and I would hate the idea of uninstalling iTunes when none of these 2 solutions will possible.
PS: It goes without saying that I'll lose the interest I have in buying a Macbook if my future lossless audiofiles are not widely supported.
PPS: I also filled in the Apple feedback form about this, but hopefully somebody here can help/inform me sooner :-)(http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html).

Answer 1

I'm just saying I'm just ONE user who is enough satisfied with iTunes/iPod that I'm considering buy a Macbook in stead of computer with Windows like I always did. By coincidence I received a popup on the Apple-site to fill in a survey, so if Apple is not interested in my view (or of others) then why bother asking people to fill in surveys.
Besides, I don't think I'm alone in this: With the increased bandwiths, cpu-power, almost unlimited datacapacities and increase of the popularity of DLNA I think it's time Apple start seeing that (even MS does with their support in W7)!
To say it just plain and simple: If Apple doesn't give a rat's *** about it's potential customers and their demands from a marketing point of view then they aren't worth me and others having as a customer. But I hope it never ends up like that and I can keep on using iTunes (with FlAC-support or ALAC-support from other makers).
The following reasons keep me from ripping my music into FLAC are (hopefully the marketing people of Apple take notice ):
1. Within short notice Apple implements support for FLAC in iTunes (and their iPods);
2. Within short notice Onkyo and Synology implements support for ALAC in their products.
3. I lose hope 1 or 2 will ever happen and when my 6 year old iPod dies I have no reason anymore to not start ripping my music into FLAC. The consequence though, is that the only (forget WMA-lossless!!!) lossless codec that works with DLNA doesn't work in iTunes so this program becomes unuseful. But I still want a notebook but why buy a Macbook if the audiofilesystem isn't widely supported???
PS: Again, I know I'm just ONE person, but I hope somebody important will read my comments here and starts thinking about the consequence if more people agree with me....