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04/07/2006, 2:00pm, EDT
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MS "Monaco" to take on GarageBand
Microsoft is planning to release a music authoring program for the company's upcoming Windows Vista called "Monaco," which will compete with Apple's GarageBand application. The program will be similar in design to GarageBand, but will be optimized for Windows Vista and the Aero user interface, according to Ziff Davis. GarageBand -- designed for amateur musicians -- is part of Apple's iLife suite of applications for creating and organizing digital content. Microsoft's Monaco will target the same audience, will work on Windows only, and will make use of Microsoft's search algorithms to find particular music clips. Microsoft may use Monaco as a showcase Vista application, according to the report.
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Proof positive that Apple does indeed innovate.
Next up...Microsoft to release high end audio application to compete with Soundtrack. Rumor is they are going to call is Sound Recorder Professional.
ibugv4 > You are right that Apple does not invent their own software. They take existing problems and come up with new solutions to them (innovation). For example, a couple years ago the MP3 player was small, ran on AA batteries, and could only hold a few songs depending on how much memory you bought (which was a lot of money). Apple released the iPod; a music device with a hard drive, larger screen, longer battery life, and it could fit in most people's pockets. It used a simple scroll wheel to navigate the menus and synched with iTunes (formerly SoundJam MP). So you see that any company have come up with this solution but they didn't. Microsoft looks at a way to avoid the problems and deal with them at a later time.