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Microsoft Unhappy With HP's iTunes Decision
rbrandis writes "The general manager of Microsoft's Windows digital media division David Fester has suggested that iTunes' emerging dominance would be bad for consumers, because it would limit them to the iPod, as opposed to limiting them to Microsoft based products. In a moment of what must have been an attempt at ironic humor he said, 'Windows is about choice - you can mix and match software and music player stuff. We believe you should have the same choice when it comes to music services.'"
I am ever so grateful that once again Microsoft is looking after my best interests. We can all sleep well.
Wait.. what? I would fill up the gas in my car if my sister wasn't a lesbian.
"We believe you should have the same choice when it comes to music services."
Does anyone else cringe when you see/hear the words "choice" and "Microsoft" in the same sentence?
Sigs are for losers
You must be new... that's what it has ALWAYS meant.
Also,
Slavery is Freedom
and
War is Peace
If I remember my Orwell right.
You can have any color as long as it is black!
- Henry Ford
The best planning can be done after the project completes.
Microsoft said they were about choice! Now the linux zealots can all flame them on slashdot and go to sleep happy. The apple users can chime in their love for ipods and itunes. The windows fanboys can chime in how wma is surperior and that it will take over and crush apple and linux. Once the rubble has settled the 1862 ogg users can tout a new media format world order and reign for the next 1000 years. Good times a commin'!
If microsoft did this once a month, IT productivity would go up 10%.
Cripes, when did this happen? I'm out of it for a little bit, and Microsoft becomes a spamming outfit! Naked FUD, Enlarge your CHOICE, end-user license SECRETS, listen to music FROM YOUR HOME...
Does this mean that Microsoft is now beleaguered?
Don't iPods already work with Windows?
Well, they did, but Microsoft will have a critical patch out soon to fix that problem.
Little elves in the sky. Very tiny ones. They sprinke the funnyness all over, and it land on every post, but only sticks to the funny ones. Same with the Insightful Angels, Interesting Sprites, Informative Fairies, Troll (what else) Trolls, Flamebait Devils and Redundant Redundant Redundant Orcs.
"Your effort to remain what you are is what limits you."
MS: Where would you be without me? (gollum gollum). I saved us. It was me. We monopolized because of me!
HP: Not anymore.
MS: What did you say?
HP: Apple looks after us now. We don't need you.
MS: What?
HP: Leave now and never come back.
MS: No!
HP: Leave now and never come back!
MS: Arrrgh!
HP: LEAVE NOW AND NEVER COME BACK!
[HP is panting and looking around and realises MS is gone.]
HP: We told him to go away! And away he goes Preciousss. Gone, gone, gone, HP is free!
If you buy Mac OS X and don't want iTunes, simple. Drag the iTunes app to the trash and it is gone. No registry mess, just a clean simple removal. Try that with Internet Explorer. I'm betting you can't.
;-)
I just trashed Internet Explorer, now I'm sending this message from the public library while I reinstall Windoze. Doh!
Microsoft keeps using that word... I do not think it means what they think it means.
-- james
Wow, I could sure go for a Coke now.