__/ [ Roy Schestowitz ] on Friday 10 November 2006 11:34 \__
> Trying Out the Zune: IPod It's Not
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> | Microsoft is probably the greenest company in all of high tech. Not
> | green in the environmental sense -- green with envy.
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> | [...]
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> | The amazing part is that it's Microsoft's second attempt to kill the
> | iPod. The first was PlaysForSure -- a gigantic multiyear operation
> | involving dozens of manufacturers and online music stores. Microsoft went
> | with its trusted Windows strategy: If you code it, the hardware makers
> | will come (and pay licensing fees).
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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/09/technology/09pogue.html?ei=5088&en=0962b6eeca30ab50&ex=1320728400&adxnnl=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=1&adxnnlx=1163158072-eAJKj8kBO2Dy7AJyYi+cUg
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> Playing the game and writing the rules of the game (e.g. universal DRM
> laws) is a corrupt practice that won't go unnoticed...
Add CNN/Fortune to that assessment.
Microsoft takes on iPod
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| The new Zune lets music lovers swap songs. Too bad Microsoft does better
| with the hardware than the software, says Fortune's Peter Lewis.
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| Microsoft has finally presented a challenger to Apple's ubiquitous
| iPod digital music players. It's bigger and heavier and more
| difficult to use.
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http://money.cnn.com/2006/11/09/technology/pluggedin_lewis_zune.fortune/index.htm?eref=rss_tech
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