> when they've repeatedly proven it's a disastrous strategy (see: Zune).
That's not the best example to use of Microsoft's failure.
Every time Zune has been brought up for discussion here, I've seen primarily two types of responses...
From people that actually owned a Zune: Fantastic product (better than my Apple iPod).
From people that never owned or tried a Zune: It's absolute crap (I've never seen any of my iPod friends with one).
The iPod users verbal diarrhea was so thick, that MS's marketing department couldn't cut through it. One iPod user would regurgitate it down another's mouth, and soon everyone had fed on the same crap.
Watching their "network effect" was kind of impressive.
That's not the best example to use of Microsoft's failure.
Every time Zune has been brought up for discussion here, I've seen primarily two types of responses...
From people that actually owned a Zune: Fantastic product (better than my Apple iPod).
From people that never owned or tried a Zune: It's absolute crap (I've never seen any of my iPod friends with one).
The iPod users verbal diarrhea was so thick, that MS's marketing department couldn't cut through it. One iPod user would regurgitate it down another's mouth, and soon everyone had fed on the same crap.
Watching their "network effect" was kind of impressive.