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Microsoft's Online Music Store

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the sound-of-monopoly-expanding dept.

jamshedji noted a short story that talks about Microsoft's Online Music Store. The market is already getting quite crowded, so it will be interesting to see what affect the monopoly's entrance makes when this goes down in the 2nd half of this year.

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  1. Monopoly tactics? by Felinoid · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Who here is deluted enough to think Microsoft won't try to levrage it's desktop monopoly into this?

    However when it comes to music players and online music stores Apple has the monopoly potental not Microsoft.
    It will still be intresting to see what Microsoft trys to pull to make this happen. What FUD will they lauch at the iPOD? What functionility will they break in Windows?

    What will Apple do? Sue? Adapt? My money is on BOTH. If Microsoft modifys Windows to break iTunes I think Apple will send in the techs and legal team at the same time.
    They'll sue Microsoft for the R&D needed to make iTunes work and to keep Microsoft from pulling it again. And they'll put the best techs on the job... Outsourcing to India? Hell Outsource to every corner of the globe. Who's charging THE MOST today?

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