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Microsoft to Launch Online Music Store

Posted by samzenpus on from the everyone-else-has-got-one dept.

yonnage writes "Microsoft is expected to enter the online song store market this week, which should put the software giant head-to-head with Apple Computer in the music business at last. The launch of Microsoft's iTunes rival will be timed along with the beta release of Microsoft's new Windows Media Player 10, expected on Thursday, sources say. The store will also be in beta mode, lacking some of the features that will be added later, sources said."

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  1. More significant by jkabbe · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I think even more significant than the fact that it will be going head-to-head with Apple is the fact that Microsoft will be going head-to-head with companies already using Microsoft technology for their music stores (and it will be doing so from the "has-a-monopoly-on-the-OS" position.

    I am very curious to see how Napster, MM, etc... play their hands on this one.

  2. This Statement by Master+of+Transhuman · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "The store will also be in beta mode, lacking some of the features that will be added later"

    No shit.

    Why doesn't this surprise me?

    SOP for MS.

    Ever since day one, Gates has been screaming at his customers, "Stay the course! The next one will be dynamite!" Read any of the biographies. The entire company was built on FUD, not technology.

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  3. Major Concern by EmperorKagato · · Score: 0, Redundant

    If this is the route Microsoft is taking. I may not want to upgrade to Longhorn based on the fact that Microsoft may end up doing RIAA's and MPAA's dirty work by preventing us from installing p2p networks or even worse, BitTorrent clients. Just a major concern I have.

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