{"id":132,"date":"2004-10-05T05:22:31","date_gmt":"2004-10-05T05:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewebgal.com\/wordpress\/?p=132"},"modified":"2004-10-05T05:22:31","modified_gmt":"2004-10-05T05:22:31","slug":"ballmer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewebgal.com\/?p=132","title":{"rendered":"Ballmer"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘iPod users are music thieves’ says Steve Ballmer, Micro$oft CEO
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In a recent article on the Silicon.com website<\/a>, Andy McCue quotes Ballmer as saying: “We’ve had DRM in Windows for years. The most common format of music on an iPod is ‘stolen’.”\n<\/p>\n

Of course, now that Microsoft has finally entered the online music store market, selling their flavor of digitally “secured” music,
\none would think it hypocritical that the M$ CEO would attack\/disparage the leading source of legal downloadable music, Apple. With over 100 Millions songs sold, Apple’s iPods and the iTunes Music Store is M$ major music competitor.\n<\/p>\n

One might be tempted to think this is just another campaign of Microsoft FUD – twisting the truth over backwards in an effort to spread Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt, as they have done repeatedly in the campaign against Linux and Anything Not From Microsoft …\n<\/p>\n

Of course, there are those who think Ballmer is secretly a fan
\nof the slick little iPods that are selling so well – http:\/\/homepage.mac.com\/trianglejuice\/iblog\/C1683193892\/E2045005395\/Media\/ba
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