Napster Blames Microsoft for Lack of Sales

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday February 28, 2006 @09:38PM from the quick-distract-them-and-i'll-grab-the-cash dept.

An anonymous reader writes "AustralianIT is reporting that Napster has blamed their inability to compete with Apple's iTunes on technical glitches from Microsoft. From the article: '"There is no question that their execution has been less than brilliant over the last 12 months," Napster chairman and chief executive Chris Gorog said at a New York conference. "Our business does rely on Microsoft's digital rights management software and our business model also relies on Microsoft's ecosystem of device manufacturers."'"

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One huge technical glitch... by 91degrees · 2006-02-28 21:53 · Score: 5, Interesting

You can't copy the songs to an iPod. At least not without jumping through hoops.
Re:I think I see the first problem by Fred_A · 2006-02-28 22:23 · Score: 5, Funny
Apparently they came up with a new twist :
1. Pick market MS is considering
2. Rely on MS
3. ???
4. Die a horrible death
Sorry, no profit for you.
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