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iTunes One Year Anniversary Sparks Comparison

Posted by simoniker on from the who's-the-bestest? dept.

An anonymous reader writes "CNet News is running a story about the upcoming one year anniversary of Apple's iTunes service. It gives a pretty good summary of the year in online music, with a nice chart comparing each service's user base now and then. The most interesting quote in the article is from a record executive stressing that the industry is quietly hoping that the online music stores will start selling songs in compatible formats. As a sidenote, the headline story at the beginning is based off this page."

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  1. Re:Mac + Windows = Success by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wait, releasing itunes for a platform that commands over 90% of the market counts as clever? Huh. I would have went with obvious but I guess we have different clever standards.

  2. Re:Microsoft offering a competitive environment? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Walmart vs Microsoft. I wonder who can make who the bitch?

  3. Reading Business Articles by trip23 · · Score: 5, Funny

    can be a funny thing... Nowhere else you'll find a sucessfull and innovative company compared to a Soviet grocery store, like Real's CEO did. So as a linux-using Communist (in the words of Mr. Ballmer of MS-Fame) I now can buy music in a Soviet Grocery Store located in the USA. Did I miss anything in the Cold War?

  4. Maybe it's me by value_added · · Score: 5, Funny

    but reading the group manager of Windows digital media unit say:

    "They have spent an inordinate amount of money to generate awareness around their closed ecosystem. (But) as people get more sophisticated in this area they are going to be getting more frustrated with a closed ecosystem."

    gets me all choked up. Not in the "it brings tears to my eyes" kind of choked up, but the "the irony is so thick I think may I need a Heimlich maneuver" sort.

  5. The biggest problem by truesaer · · Score: 4, Funny
    I haven't used iTunes much, based on my difficulty in finding the songs I wanted.


    I intended to download some songs from Evanescence. But I don't see any of their songs showing up in my searches! Next I tried Linking Park, but no luck there either. I did find "Ordinary World" by Duran Duran, so that was good. But then "P Control" by Prince doesn't show up...iTunes seems to have every song imaginable by Prince, but my favorite club song is not there. Next I tried Led Zeppelin, and they don't seem to have any of their songs either! They do have lots of Cranberries stuff, including things I haven't seen before so I could try those. And they have Moby tracks (although not any from Animal Rights. Which is good since that CD sucked). Finally, I decided to try for "I am the Walrus" by the Beatles. No dice there either, although I discovered that there are 6 covers of this song, including one with explicit lyrics (that shockingly I actually enjoyed the preview for)!


    So I liked iTMS overall, but they really need to get more songs in their catalog.

    1. Re:The biggest problem by FireBreathingDog · · Score: 5, Funny
      Next I tried Linking Park, but no luck there either.

      Maybe the problem isn't their selection...maybe it was your spelling.

      Linkin Park seems to work...

      --
      Shame on Google.
  6. What a coincicence by CrazyTalk · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's also the one year anniversary since I purchased a CD.