iPod success poses problems staying atop industry
updated 09:55 pm EDT, Tue May 4, 2004
Cay iTunes stay atop?
The runaway success of the iPod for Apple--one that "the computer maker has not had in years: how to remain the market favorite, not just the favorite underdog....But now Apple faces a renewed push by Microsoft, which wants to shape the digital standard for music on the Internet, raising the risk that Apple could again fail to hold early gains in a fast-growing market, analysts said. 'The ultimate risk is that they do get marginalized, just like they did in the PC area,' said [analyst] Phil Leigh...But Leigh and other analysts said that if Apple falls behind in innovation -- one of its strongest suits -- or loses market share to cheaper MP3 players or fails to carve out a niche in digital music players for automobiles, its early lead in digital music could be imperiled."
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More FUD
More FUD from people who either a) don't get it, b) are scared of Apple's success and are trying to do anything to counter it doubt, or c) have nothing worth writing that anyone wants to read, so they pull out a variation on the old "beleagured Apple" theme. As for Micro$oft's new DRM, renting films is one thing, but no way I'm gonna use some rental-type feature for music. I want my music ready and with me at all possible times. Anyway, you know that the M$ DRM is going to be hacked left and right.