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It was to be expected...
MS has been assisting many on-line music services (tech support and money) to push the MS mantra and digital format and it had been rumoured that some day MS would set up it's own download service. It would appear that time has come.

After prostituting themselves by being bought off by the bright lights of MS power, influence and monopoly positioning (ie, supposedly ride it's coattails to success) and falling for the MS "we're only here to help" "philanthropy", the other music services are now becoming all-to-familiar victims of the MS MO... use "partners" to push and advance it's agenda/format then enter the market and take over, killing your "partners" in the process. Napster, Real (suckers re recent court agreement) et al have done their dirty work (as MS "digital drug pushers") and now they can be discarded.

Microsoft partners today... Microsoft victims tomorrow.

It looks good on them but it's surprising some people (businesses) never learn. Short term gain (hoped for profitability) for long term pain (bankruptcy)?

"Those who ignore history are doomed/condemned to repeat it."
Posted by: MacCanuck   Posted on: 01/06/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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my urge is...  Linux Geek | 01/05/06
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No Ax  Shelendrea | 01/05/06
My urge is..  John Zern | 01/05/06
Linux Distros  bhartman36 | 01/06/06
Good luck with that one Bill  tic swayback | 01/05/06
Hehe, shoe is on the other foot!!  NonZealot | 01/05/06
Is "crushing dominance" enough for you?  tic swayback | 01/05/06
really big shoe  buddhistMonkey | 01/05/06
Thanks tic and buddhistMonkey  NonZealot | 01/06/06
I think your numbers are accurate  tic swayback | 01/06/06
MS collaborating with MTV?  techboy_z | 01/05/06
I'm old enough to remember  SkipNewarkDE | 01/05/06
Commercial reasons  tic swayback | 01/06/06
MTV : Music? ? Since When ?  Joe Frisco | 01/05/06
NO WAY!  Real World | 01/06/06
Who can say?  tic swayback | 01/06/06
I can say  Real World | 01/06/06
I'll never know  tic swayback | 01/06/06
Not to rain on the parade  Real World | 01/06/06
The market has power  tic swayback | 01/06/06
It was to be expected...  MacCanuck | 01/06/06
Dude, there's money changing hands.  DannyO_0x98 | 01/06/06

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