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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (57104)	9/16/2006 6:30:52 PM
From: aaplfan	Respond to of 213182

can you post where you got this info? This can't be right. Sure it can... this is Microsoft we're talking about. Here's my very toungue-in-cheek (but not far from reality) summary of the Microsoft product lifecycle: 1) Identify a market segment / product that appears to have sufficient revenue stream possibilities. Proven markets are preferred. 2) Announce a product which will do everything that the competition does and then some... let your imagination run wild! 3a) Figure out how to build something that sort of resembles what was promised. Slash features as necessary, bugs are OK. 3b) As it get's figured out, course-correct expectations to what is actually going to be delivered. 4) Release the product version x.0. 5) Revise history so that 2 looks more like what actually was built (3) and delivered (4). 6) Is there still competition for the market? If yes, iterate starting at 2. 7) Milk it for as long as possible. 8) When growth no longer possible, declare the market/product mature and change or otherwise break something else which will require upgrades. Iterate starting at 2. I think they're on 3a and the message right now is "this sharing stuff sure sounds neat... oh, crap... DRM... uh, we'll have to get back to you on that." It would not surprise me at all if they have nothing shipping in volume this year (hey, maybe the thing gets released in early Dec. in sample quantities) as they would rather have the market stalled waiting on their solution rather than customers buying a competitor's product.