"Even Zune 1.0 had innovative features that were anything but copying, albeit the execution was terribly flawed. I was very excited about the Zune - sending songs to your friends over WiFi, buying via WiFi, synching via WiFi... All that good stuff that, for some bone-headed reason was either terribly restrictive or simply didn't make it in. This is also why I'm rooting for the Zune 2.0 - there is so much potential there to make something that'd replace my current iPod."
Are you kidding? When has Microsoft ever NOT promised a lot of features that look great compared to the competition, then "for some bone-headed reason was either terribly restrictive or simply didn't make it in". Video For Windows, Active Movie, Windows Media, NT, Cairo, XP, Longhorn, Zune 1.0, and the list goes on. And they're doing it again with Zune 2.0 and you're ready to step right up and be fooled again.
Microsoft is doing what it's always done: publicize a killer feature set in an attempt to distract the market from the competition in order to give them time to release something, anything. Usually, by the time they release something the market forgets or doesn't care that it falls far short of initial promises. This has worked great for them when they have a monopoly position. When they have to compete on merits, it fails pretty miserably, like, say, the Zune. You heard it here first: when Zune 2.0 comes out, it will fall short of the announced features, and you'll be complaining again about the "good stuff that, for some bone-headed reason was either terribly restrictive or simply didn't make it in."
Yeah! Just like how when a lot of software was written for Windows, and eventually people wanted to switch to the Mac, they were forced to rebuy all their software, and everyone got super pissed off at Microsoft, and there was huge public outcry and Microsoft was subject to huge boycotts and finally went out of business.
Oh, wait. That didn't happen. And it's not going to happen with music players either. People generally don't switch.
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"Even Zune 1.0 had innovative features that were anything but copying, albeit the execution was terribly flawed. I was very excited about the Zune - sending songs to your friends over WiFi, buying via WiFi, synching via WiFi... All that good stuff that, for some bone-headed reason was either terribly restrictive or simply didn't make it in. This is also why I'm rooting for the Zune 2.0 - there is so much potential there to make something that'd replace my current iPod."
Are you kidding? When has Microsoft ever NOT promised a lot of features that look great compared to the competition, then "for some bone-headed reason was either terribly restrictive or simply didn't make it in". Video For Windows, Active Movie, Windows Media, NT, Cairo, XP, Longhorn, Zune 1.0, and the list goes on. And they're doing it again with Zune 2.0 and you're ready to step right up and be fooled again.
Microsoft is doing what it's always done: publicize a killer feature set in an attempt to distract the market from the competition in order to give them time to release something, anything. Usually, by the time they release something the market forgets or doesn't care that it falls far short of initial promises. This has worked great for them when they have a monopoly position. When they have to compete on merits, it fails pretty miserably, like, say, the Zune. You heard it here first: when Zune 2.0 comes out, it will fall short of the announced features, and you'll be complaining again about the "good stuff that, for some bone-headed reason was either terribly restrictive or simply didn't make it in."
Yeah! Just like how when a lot of software was written for Windows, and eventually people wanted to switch to the Mac, they were forced to rebuy all their software, and everyone got super pissed off at Microsoft, and there was huge public outcry and Microsoft was subject to huge boycotts and finally went out of business. Oh, wait. That didn't happen. And it's not going to happen with music players either. People generally don't switch.
Instead, you're suggesting the equivalent of protesting Ford because of something Peugot does really badly. Nice.