Samsung bites the bullet: launching its own music service

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Peter Kirn @ Sep 1st 2006 6:33PM

I'm sorry, but I don't see Microsoft abandoning PlaysForSure just because Zune isn't certified:

http://createdigitalmusic.com/index.php?s=playsforsure

Dave McLauchlan of the Windows Media group all but says outright that Zune will support Windows Media subscription stores, and I think with third parties still making devices, PFS remains important. In fact, if anything, a successful Zune could help shake Apple's stranglehold on the market. I don't want to act like I'm drinking the Kool-Aid ... well, okay, I don't think Microsoft drinks Kool-Aid; let's say latte ... but there are plenty of reasons to believe this.

Furthermore, I don't think there's any reason to believe that manufacturers going off and building their own second-rate connectivity and store will help. (Ahem, Sony.)

MS never said anything about PFS other than Zune wouldn't be certified; blogs have just assumed the rest, and perhaps not correctly so.

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