telegraph.co.uk— Microsoft has pushed back the launch date of its free music streaming service, which was set to launch by the end of July 2009.
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MSN means a few different things, and nothing as well since it's a failed brand.The Microsoft Network (MSN) was originally planned INSTEAD of the Internet. Much like AOL in America or Viatel in Australia. It's not that Microsoft missed the Internet. They just had grand plans where they'd control the network, and the Internet was anything but that. Thankfully it failed, but aspects of that plan still remain.Most of Microsoft's Network plan has moved onto other (failed) brands like Live, Bing, etc. Microsoft just seem to get an Internet brand as the bulk keeps failing. They could move all their MSN/Live brands under the Bing banner that would require admitting all the others had failed. Something they are not to keen to do and must instead live with splintered brandings. Much unlike Google which is a single brand, and if anything THE Internet so far as many are concerned.The MSN portal is just a legacy remnant of no real concern struggling even behind Yahoo which is their only hope of extending it's leverageable reach.
bury me all you want, but it is still the #6 site in hte internet. And that is just MSN. That does not count Live, which is #5 on its own.If no one cares about MSN anymore, what does that say about Digg? Which a tiny FRACTION of MSN's traffic? What does that say about Wikipedia
Well, it is the default homepage for a lot of people. The people who really care about what their homepage is set to are probably in the same minority as those who download Firefox or Chrome.
You do know it's not actually HD right? It's only HD when you hook it up to your HDTV. Kind of like my penis is HD when I shove it into my HDTV. its like 400 something by 200 something. WTF?And who wants to download huge HD WMV files just to watch them on a tiny device that isn't HD?Sounds like a silly idea to me. Waiitng for a 2gb file to download it so you can watch it in 400x200.
myztryAug 1, 2009
MSN means a few different things, and nothing as well since it's a failed brand.The Microsoft Network (MSN) was originally planned INSTEAD of the Internet. Much like AOL in America or Viatel in Australia. It's not that Microsoft missed the Internet. They just had grand plans where they'd control the network, and the Internet was anything but that. Thankfully it failed, but aspects of that plan still remain.Most of Microsoft's Network plan has moved onto other (failed) brands like Live, Bing, etc. Microsoft just seem to get an Internet brand as the bulk keeps failing. They could move all their MSN/Live brands under the Bing banner that would require admitting all the others had failed. Something they are not to keen to do and must instead live with splintered brandings. Much unlike Google which is a single brand, and if anything THE Internet so far as many are concerned.The MSN portal is just a legacy remnant of no real concern struggling even behind Yahoo which is their only hope of extending it's leverageable reach.
Closed AccountAug 1, 2009
bury me all you want, but it is still the #6 site in hte internet. And that is just MSN. That does not count Live, which is #5 on its own.If no one cares about MSN anymore, what does that say about Digg? Which a tiny FRACTION of MSN's traffic? What does that say about Wikipedia
cozad4Aug 1, 2009
yes.
flooqAug 1, 2009
Well, it is the default homepage for a lot of people. The people who really care about what their homepage is set to are probably in the same minority as those who download Firefox or Chrome.
oriondrAug 1, 2009
Until you just did..
PaulTheBookGuyAug 5, 2009
You do know it's not actually HD right? It's only HD when you hook it up to your HDTV. Kind of like my penis is HD when I shove it into my HDTV. its like 400 something by 200 something. WTF?And who wants to download huge HD WMV files just to watch them on a tiny device that isn't HD?Sounds like a silly idea to me. Waiitng for a 2gb file to download it so you can watch it in 400x200.