John Gruber, arguably one of the best writers on all things Mac puts Microsoft’s Zune under the microscope and says …
Is that not the epitome of metastatic corporate bureaucracy? One division within Microsoft spending $100 million or more to launch their own closed media player system; another division charged with lining up “partners” for the PlaysForSure platform that Microsoft’s own media player division deems not good enough. Isn’t that like inviting guests to your home for dinner and serving them hot dogs while you yourself eat a steak?
Michael Wolf of ABI Research recently emailed in response to my Zune post and added that Microsoft shouldn’t have taken the “closed model” approach of Apple. “Think if they were to let Real Networks and the MTV service and Napster sell onto the Zune as well,” he wrote in. “I think it would be a major incentive for the consumer. They can still say ‘we provide choice’ instead of ‘we’re doing what Apple is doing.'”
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