Zune - Microsoft should quit while it's behind

  Silicon Alley Insider http://easyurl.net/7fd3

..the Zune is a failure.  But no harm in trying.

But instead of moving on, Microsoft Zune and Xbox boss
Robbie Bach is saying that the effort was worth it because
without the Zune, the world would never have known the
"Zune Store," -- Microsoft's iTunes clone that you've never
heard of.

CNET: Bach insisted that music was a required component of
the "three screen" experience, and that Microsoft had to be
a leader rather than a mere technology provider in this
space. If Microsoft hadn't built the Zune, it wouldn't have
been able to create the Zune software and Marketplace,
which have become pretty solid after a couple false starts.
http://easyurl.net/566a4

Ahem...does Microsoft really think its Zune store will
really take off? Amazon, perhaps the best e-tailer on the
planet, has barely been able to crack the digital music
market http://easyurl.net/AmazonMP3  , with an estimated 8%
market share. If the Zune is about the Marketplace and not
the player, why does Microsoft think it can succeed where
Amazon has failed?

 On Sat, 10 Jan 2009 07:48:42 -0700 (MST), mpw


Why did Microsoft think anyone would want Vista?  <Why did the
chicken cross the road?>

  Is there a Media Center question or is this just another Apple Fan Boy using
mommy's computer?

Absolutely nothing wrong with the Zune other than a press that had
pre-decided it was not good, many features on the Zune are better than iPods
(and MS beat Apple to the punch in several areas). The question is what do
you want your media player to do? Hopefully play music and video, both an
iPod or Zune do that just fine (as do a number of other players); the Zune
also plays FM, syncs wirelessly, and does it cheaper than an iPod. Only a
fool who think image and coolness is "soooo" important, uses that as a
factor in buying products.
--
James
Orlando (Goofy says "Hey!"), FL

"whatever@twixtntween.com" <Jyeshta> wrote in message

 You know, market share when talking in very large numbers of items, doesn't
mean much unless you believe 'there can be only one'. You can find lots of
statistics that say the Zune market share is around 4% of music players
(maybe just hard drive players, or some subset designed to make the writer's
point)(http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20080811/zune-ready-for-closeup-zune-market-share-not-so-much/ ).
Similarly the the MAC market share was hovering around 4%, give or take,
(http://community.winsupersite.com/blogs/paul/archive/2008/02/03/the-mac-s-market-share-is-not-7-57-percent-sorry.aspx ).
I suppose then that Apple should just fold up the MAC line and concentrate
on those iPhone/iPod things.  Lots of automobile manufacturers should just
fold up and go home as well, Volkswagen ~ 2.8%, BMW ~2.4%
(http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601100&sid=aBT2M5ffjVlk&refer=germany )
Yea, I'm digging up statistics that illustrate my point, but isn't that what
statistics are designed to do?

 Sven wrote:

point)(http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20080811/zune-ready-for-closeup-zune-market-share-not-so-much/ ).

(http://community.winsupersite.com/blogs/paul/archive/2008/02/03/the-mac-s-market-share-is-not-7-57-percent-sorry.aspx ).

(http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601100&sid=aBT2M5ffjVlk&refer=germany )

And most statistics can be massaged to back up any point of view if you
try hard enough!