How Microsoft Can Make Zune a Success 305
jcatcw writes "Zune had potential, but 5 months in it barely gets passing grades. According to the article, there are five things Microsoft must change: 1) The built-in Wi-Fi, aka 'the social,' was a bad idea. 2) Tell newbies what it can do. 3) Create a low-end, flash-based player. 4) Push subscriptions. 5) Make it sexy. A Microsoft representative said, about the wireless concept: 'We felt we were addressing the social aspect of music, and the research we've done has shown that people understand the concept that wireless enables sharing ... but the tagline, while provocative, hasn't meant a lot to consumers.'"
Shitty Grammar (Score:1, Informative)
Microsoft iPod video (Score:3, Informative)
The "Microsoft iPod" brought to you by Microsoft. (Score:3, Informative)
That's what really does it for me -- they know how mediocre an organization they are, but yet they can't seem to stop being lame.
Re:Do like they do with everything else... (Score:1, Informative)
Re:Do like they do with everything else... (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Do like they do with everything else... (Score:1, Informative)
I'm just going to name ONE, but it's a doozy.
XMLHttpRequest
The next time you're jerking off to some fancy Ajax Google application I hope the realization that they did not invent it, and, in fact lifted it from microsoft doesn't cause you to go limp.
Re:Do like they do with everything else... (Score:5, Informative)
If you actually want to learn something, instead of just spouting uninformed anti-Microsoft rhetoric, I suggest you read Andy Tanenbaum's excellent Modern Operating Systems [amazon.co.uk], which covers UNIX/Linux and NT in some detail, highlighting their similarities and differences in both philosophy and implementation.
Re:A success? (Score:3, Informative)
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2059039,00.a
Re:Do like they do with everything else... (Score:2, Informative)