__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Saturday 29 July 2006 14:39 \__
> begin oe_protect.scr
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Microsoft's Dangerous About-Face
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>>| The talk of the day is that Microsoft's upcoming Zune music player and
>>| a related music service will be proprietary, just like Apple'siPod-iTunes
>>| combo. That's the word from a slew of sources I've spoken with yesterday
>>| and today. In other words, DRM-protected songs purchased from
>>| Microsoft's new music service won't play on devices other than the Zune,
>>| and the Zune won't play songs from other services.
>> `----
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http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2006/07/microsofts_dang.html
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>> http://tinyurl.com/zqvvr (microsoft.com) - See Section/Principle III
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> Isn't it wonderful to see Microsoft have come up with a new, innovative,
> business model.
A hypothetical one, surely.
Maybe one of their their lawyers got bored in the train, so s/he typed in
some essay for the Web site. But the staff neither bothered to read nor to
obey...
Apathy...
Investors want money...
No increased revenue?
Disruptive!
Must get more aggressive...
At the expense of the competitors' ability to enter/endure. Microsoft do know
(sic) evil.
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