Andrew Orlowski at The Register asked for more Parody pictures of the forthcoming Microsoft Zune - supposedly the device that will kill the iPod. So I drew this.
I certainly hope that Zune doesn't kill iPod, simply because it's bound to be a lesser and crappier item in every way - as are all Microsoft's thefts. That, however, doesn't tend to stop MS' dominance of almost everything they touch.
It's horrible. Look at MS Messenger, for instance: there was this terrific thing called ICQ, free and superb, an peer-to-peer so you didn't have to rely on some central server. Devoid of ads and other tricks to sell you stuff you don't want - and hardly anyone knew about or used it.
Along comes MS and pushes out Messenger, and now everyone does instant messenging - except that you're at MS' mercy for the service, and all your stuff goes via their servers - a nightmare for security.
Over and over MS pushes out ripped-off ideas with lousy implementations, and over and over people buy into them. It's amazing.
Here's hoping this one won't go anywhere. I'm not very optimistic: MS can virtually afford to pay people to use it until they have the market share, and then they'll tighten the screws, and we'll all be screwed. Wanna bet Zune will launch with a pile of free music that - heh - only works on Zune?
