Microsoft's Take on iTunes for Windows

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Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday October 21, 2003 @09:59AM from the hello-mr-kettle-meet-mr-pot dept.

Skruffy writes "The Register has an amusing article about Microsoft's reaction to the launch of Apple's iTunes software on Windows. It seems that Microsoft is very keen to warn its users of the dangers of using a service that would restrict them from accessing music from other sources... Oh the irony."

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"Limited Selection" (Score:5, Funny)

by rmohr02 ( 208447 ) writes: <mohr.42@osu. e d u> on Tuesday October 21, 2003 @10:01AM (#7270078)

[U]sers of iTunes are limited to music from Apple's Music Store.
No shit! I'm getting rid of iTunes right now!

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OR (Score:3, Funny)

by da3dAlus ( 20553 ) writes: <dustin.grauNO@SPAMgmail.com> on Tuesday October 21, 2003 @10:01AM (#7270084) Homepage Journal

"from the doesn't-play-well-with-others dept."
or
"from the I'm-taking-my-toys-and-going-home dept."

What a bunch of babies.

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Best use of Ironic tag... (Score:2, Funny)

by Brendan Byrd ( 105387 ) writes: <SineSwiper-slash ... esonatorSoft.org> on Tuesday October 21, 2003 @10:05AM (#7270126) Homepage Journal

<img src="http://img.fark.com/images/2001/topics/ironic .gif">

Oh wait...wrong site.

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MS has always cared about the freedom to choose (Score:5, Funny)

by Dr. q00p ( 714993 ) writes: on Tuesday October 21, 2003 @10:06AM (#7270132)

Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, Windows ME, Windows 2000 and Windows XP. What's your problem?

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Are the planets aligned??? (Score:1, Funny)

by overbyj ( 696078 ) writes: on Tuesday October 21, 2003 @10:09AM (#7270170)

I was going to write a comment on this but after thinking about how absurd this is, I am completely stumped. Thank you MS, you have completely sucked the witty comebacks out of me with this one.

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Re:Oh that's rich! (Score:1, Funny)

by happyfrogcow ( 708359 ) writes: on Tuesday October 21, 2003 @10:14AM (#7270234)

Are they serious? LOL

I'm sorry, "LOL" has been copyrighted/trademarked/patented/ by AOL. Please edit your post to reflect this. I suggest "Are they srious? AOL"

Thankyou for your time.
moo.
-1 Offtopic (sorry, i'm bored)

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Re:Bush has never lied moron (Score:0, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday October 21, 2003 @10:17AM (#7270257)

Brave men? This coming from an AC.

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Re:What I'm afraid of ... (Score:3, Funny)

by grub ( 11606 ) writes: <slashdot@grub.net> on Tuesday October 21, 2003 @10:17AM (#7270262) Homepage Journal

my girlfriend is probably buying music right now

You read /. and have a girlfriend? Begone, infidel!

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One way of making their software better (Score:3, Funny)

by Tibor the Hun ( 143056 ) writes: on Tuesday October 21, 2003 @10:21AM (#7270302)

would be to have Clippy play air-guitar while listening to music. and include even more purple color in their default skin.

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Slashdot is a single source (Score:5, Funny)

by 11223 ( 201561 ) writes: on Tuesday October 21, 2003 @10:21AM (#7270306)

Microsoft today warned users of the danger of OSDN's Slashdot service, saying it was a single source for dup articles [slashdot.org] that would never satisfy the needs of Windows users. "Our users are accustomed to reading their dups from a variety of MSNBC and Slate-carrying services, but Slashdot is a single source for its own dups," claimed Microsoft CEO Steve Monkeyballs.
Analysts noted that Slashdot, despite obtaining over 1 million page views in its first week, will have a hard time with the Windows market. "We believe that an open system like Microsoft's is the way to go," claimed the Garter Belt Group.

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question of credibility (Score:0, Funny)

by GerbilSocks ( 713781 ) writes: on Tuesday October 21, 2003 @10:32AM (#7270416)

I don't hold much stock in a company that also brought to you -- Microsoft BOB.

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Re:One way of making their software better (Score:5, Funny)

by nelsonal ( 549144 ) writes: on Tuesday October 21, 2003 @10:37AM (#7270462) Journal

I'd use WMP if clippy danced around and played air guitar. Just so he doesn't constantly interupt by taping on the inside of the monitor with things like "It looks like you've played several romantic songs, would you like to shop for candles." or "You have played several speed metal songs, would you like me to summon an ambulance?" or something like that.

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Re:One way of making their software better (Score:4, Funny)

by Tibor the Hun ( 143056 ) writes: on Tuesday October 21, 2003 @10:40AM (#7270502)

"hi i'm clippy, it looks like you're playing metallica and have bittorrent installed. would you like me to ask lars to stop sobbing like a girl?"

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Re:MS has always cared about the freedom to choose (Score:3, Funny)

by Bendebecker ( 633126 ) writes: on Tuesday October 21, 2003 @10:55AM (#7270717) Journal

What about Windows 3.1? I saw that in a bargain bin earlier this year!

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Re:Um... (Score:2, Funny)

by ceeam ( 39911 ) writes: on Tuesday October 21, 2003 @11:40AM (#7271166)

While generally I agree there is still an issue of some people _not_checking_ SlashDot every hour (or even every day for that matter). It's like complaining about TV: "Shit, they still show the same news in 9pm program that they did in 7pm program, bastards". ;)

PS: (Pre)Moderation for the stories, now!! :-)

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Just an idea (Score:5, Funny)

by nutshell42 ( 557890 ) writes: on Tuesday October 21, 2003 @12:42PM (#7272005) Journal

Dear Mr. Jobs,
we the geeks are in full support of Microsoft's demand to open up media players for all competitors and hope you will give in.
A possible loss of revenue could be compensated by a new program with the tentative title "Apple Office for Windows" and we're all looking forward to Microsoft's complaint that office suites should be open and support all competing document formats.
etc...

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Re:Is There an Easy Way to Window Shop at I-Tunes? (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday October 21, 2003 @01:25PM (#7272503)

They could use your posts in moderator school. Your first one was informative, but your second one is insightful.

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"Limited Selection" (Score:5, Funny)

OR (Score:3, Funny)

Best use of Ironic tag... (Score:2, Funny)

MS has always cared about the freedom to choose (Score:5, Funny)

Are the planets aligned??? (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Oh that's rich! (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Bush has never lied moron (Score:0, Funny)

Re:What I'm afraid of ... (Score:3, Funny)

One way of making their software better (Score:3, Funny)

Slashdot is a single source (Score:5, Funny)

question of credibility (Score:0, Funny)

Re:One way of making their software better (Score:5, Funny)

Re:One way of making their software better (Score:4, Funny)

Re:MS has always cared about the freedom to choose (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Um... (Score:2, Funny)

Just an idea (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Is There an Easy Way to Window Shop at I-Tunes? (Score:1, Funny)

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