[Star Traveler]

Hmmm..., doesn't sound good over there at Microsoft... :-)

[Star Traveler]

Some Zune/iPod comparison from a Microsoft employee...

[RinaseaofDs]

The drinking of bathwater there goes on unabated.

They are being hammered from all sides, and really have no answer for it.

Windows 7 is gut-check time. If this thing isn’t clearly better, they may be toast.

[loungitude]

This article sounds like BS. I am not taking sides with ipods or Zunes, just calling it like I smell it.

[theFIRMbss]

>The developer, whom I’ll call “Mike Rosoft,” volunteered the following experience with the Zune in an email

I've got an email
that says I can make millions
by helping some guy

transfer his money
from a Nigeriam bank.
Soon I will be rich!

[Buck W.]

My Toshiba Gigabeat F40 works just fine...

[djf]

My “earbuds” weigh 170+ lbs each. And can take over 1000 watts.

I don’t hike much anymore...

;-)

[Gay State Conservative]

Gee....a piece bashing Microsoft.How unusual.Windows XP works just fine for me.As does Office.And Money (which,IMO,is far superior to Quicken).

[mysterio]

I don’t know how good or bad the zune is, but breaking it seems stupid. Clear it out, and give it to some little kid who can’t afford an Mp3 player. That’s what I would do. Some kid would probably love the thing.

[ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton]

I am still using my Zune 30 which I got for like 80 bucks a year and a half ago or so.

It has been though some nasty mountain bike crashes and with this audiophile earbuds I got at Costco it sounds GREAT.

Also my whole collection of 140+ CD’s took up only 20 gigs so I still have a lot of free space on this thing.

The newer MP3 players are slimmer and have better screens but I really can not think of a good reason to cough up 200 bones when this old thing still works so well.

[Richard Kimball]

I went through the web site from the subject article, and the author definitely hates MS, but it’s a knowledgeable dislike.
One of the things I’ve noticed is that since Gates left, MS has been essentially rudderless. For years, their business model has been to take over a maturing market, but the Zune, Bing, the new MS Stores, the Aqua interface, the “Gadgets” the attempts at an online music store, all seem to be utterly clueless copying of other companies.
Microsoft’s strength has been it’s dominance and it doesn’t work well where it can’t use monopoly power to kneecap competitors.
BTW, was watching a news show on TXCN, and they were announcing the new Zune, and the news reader says, “And Microsoft is releasing the new Zuny this week. Or is it Zuun?” He looks at the other anchor and she shrugs. Then, he comes back and pronounces it correctly, and says, one of the camera men knew how to pronounce it.

[Terpfen]

Roughly Drafted is a nice site, but I stopped reading when Dilger came out as a huge Obama supporter.