[xsrdx]

"Between us and our partners, you can expect some pretty hot products coming out over the next few years."

*Yawn*.

I don't see Microsoft building a better mousetrap here. They don't specialize in either sound quality, or simplistic user GI's, issues that make the iPod enormously successful. And iTunes has a giant head start.

Good luck, Bill.

[When_Penguins_Attack]

"Between us and our partners, you can expect some pretty hot products coming out over the next few years."

Translated: We have found some small companies doing good work in compression. We think we can steal their products and then bully them into settling, slap our logos on it, and market it as innovative.