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Why Microsoft Can't Compete With iTunes

Posted by ryuzaki0 on

A reader submitted "Why Microsoft Can't Compete With iTunes which is an interesting op-ed piece about the differences between the two companies, but also the intersection with a different type of business like that of television. I've read some of the same arguements before, but this piece ties it up nicely together."

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  1. Somebody tell me quick... by justinbach · · Score: 4, Funny

    what airline I can fly to have an iPod built into my headrest, and a Ballmer-Zune hybrid for a flight attendant?

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    1. Re:Somebody tell me quick... by ciaohound · · Score: 3, Funny

      That's no flight attendant. It's a space station. Turn the ship around.

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  2. Brown by MouseR · · Score: 5, Funny

    Enough said.

  3. The day Microsoft... by endemoniada · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...designs an MP3-player that actually does what it's supposed to, that's when I'll buy it.

    What I don't want is an MP3-player that's DRM-infested, but doesn't even play their own, much advertised DRM format, an MP3-player with WiFi that can ONLY communicate with other MP3-players or an MP3-player with a navigational wheel that doesn't spin.

    Congratulations Microsoft, at least you reinvented the wheel! :=)

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  4. Apple a very minor player in PC industry by krell · · Score: 3, Funny

    The article called Apple a minor player in the PC industry. Yes, I'll say 0% (Apple has yet to market a PC) is a rather small share.

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