History Repeats Itself?
The New York Post talks about Microsoft’s aggressive push into the online music industry using the WMA standard: ‘Microsoft pushes a competing digital music standard called Windows Media Audio, or WMA. Yesterday, it announced a partnership with Loudeye, a Seattle-based firm that sets up inexpensive Internet music stores using WMA for companies, including Gibson Guitars and AT&T Wireless….With everyone from Wal-Mart to Coca-Cola getting into the online music business - and most of them using the WMA standard - Microsoft plans to flood the Internet, muscling out Apple the same way Windows crushed the Mac.’
Sounds vaguely similar to the great OS wars of yesteryear… when M$ forced their crap Windows on people… C’mon Steve, tell me you have something planned for this. Can’t you get some other people to back the ACC format? It is a standard right? RIGHT!?!?
*sigh*
Maybe I’ll hold off on that iPod purchase… I may be relying on M$ for my digital music in the future… sounds promising, huh?