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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| 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
Playing the game and writing the rules of the game (e.g. universal DRM laws)
is a corrupt practice that won't go unnoticed...
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