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Tuesday, January 27, 2004

Which Format Will Win?

Business Week Online: "Rival formats make it hard to mix and match songs bought at different online music stores. Apple's iPod, for example, can't play songs bought at Wal-Mart because Wal-Mart uses Microsoft's WMA. And Dell's DJ and Samsung's Napster digital players can't play music bought at Apple's iTunes music store ... Most experts think the battle will play out between Microsoft and Apple. Apple has the early advantage, with 70% of the music-download market and 25% of the music-player market. Still, Microsoft's WMA works with 60 different music devices and a handful of download services. So Apple will have to be innovative if it doesn't want to be marginalized once again."

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