[Info-vax] Micro$oft Zingz Za New Zune in Ze New Yearz

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <004948ac$0$11576$c3e8da3 at news.astraweb.com>,
	JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> writes:
> VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>> http://www.informationweek.com/news/personal_tech/music/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212700344
> 
>> It couldn't have happened to a more deserving collective of schmucks.
> 
> Wouldn't the Zune installed base be smaller that that of VMS and hence
> be irrelevant ?

Why would you think that?  I would imagine more Zunes were sold the first
day it was offered than the number of existing VMS systems.

> 
> I would assume that the majority of Zune owners would be Microsoft
> employees who will have no problems getting a new unit or having theirs
> reflashed at the office.

I doubt this also.  The first part, not the second.

By the way, even though I really don't much care for Apple when my wife
wanted a music player for Christmas, I got her an iPod, not a Zune.  But
then, I don;t much care for MS either.  :-)

bill

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