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Old 01-18-2007, 05:34 AM
Janak Parekh
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Originally Posted by Jason Dunn View Post
I agree with that in theory, but in practical terms that's up to the music studios and not Microsoft...I think that just like the iPod, most of the music on Zunes are not from the Zune Marketplace, so I don't think the technology of wireless sharing will die - if anything, it will just drive people away from Zune Marketplace.
You may be right on both points, but I suspect enough people purchase music online that they'll get frustrated. Honestly? If Microsoft couldn't get 100% of purchased music to share, I think they should just not enable it. It's a complexity that will quickly confuse consumers and then they'll ignore WiFi completely. I'd much rather have seen an online store, more so than sharing. Sharing's a fantastic idea in theory, but it has to be implemented in such a way that it'll be virally effective. It is not so, now.

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