The thing that is amazing to me is that iTunes downloads for Windows is out pacing iTunes 4.1 downloads for the Mac. At least at Download.com. Anyone know where to find the numbers for those downloading direct from Apple?
Given the enormous number of people just on XP and Win2K relative to OS X, it's not surprising really. I mean if 1% of those people download iTunes that's some huge number right there -- 5 million? 10 million? 50 million? Dunno exactly, and too lazy to look it up.
i honestly think the only real "threat" to iTunes is MIcrosoft's own offering, which they say is pending.
sure it'll be a piece of crap, but this is Microsoft. they dont' have to make a profit (see: XBox), they don't have to make a products as elegant as an iPod (see: Xbox), and they can afford to lose millions of dollars for a number of years just so people use their product (and, more importantly for MS, their proprietary format). it's a typical Microsoft story, and we've seen it before, and they've won many battles like this.
iTunes is obviously the standard right now. it's the most popular music platform and when people think online music shopping, they think "iTunes". whether it remains this way, in my opinion, is whether they gain enough foothold and broad-based recognition before Microsoft comes out with their own, sub-standard solution. they need that Pepsi (and possibly McDonalds) promotion soon.
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Maybe they started factoring in the downloads of the original Napster?
Originally posted by ryaxnb
MusicMatch has MusicMatch Pro.
And that's a "money-maker"?
Originally posted by BigApple
On download.com the 'Napster 2.0' version is reported with 5.200.463 downloads. The prefious number on 11-16-2003 was 68.083?
Has Napster found a way to out-number the iTunes downloads ;-)
Downloads to Roxio employees: 5,132,380.
Originally posted by BuonRotto
Downloads to Roxio employees: 5,132,380.
Now the number of dowloads is gone from the site. No number at all. Strange.
sure it'll be a piece of crap, but this is Microsoft. they dont' have to make a profit (see: XBox), they don't have to make a products as elegant as an iPod (see: Xbox), and they can afford to lose millions of dollars for a number of years just so people use their product (and, more importantly for MS, their proprietary format). it's a typical Microsoft story, and we've seen it before, and they've won many battles like this.
iTunes is obviously the standard right now. it's the most popular music platform and when people think online music shopping, they think "iTunes". whether it remains this way, in my opinion, is whether they gain enough foothold and broad-based recognition before Microsoft comes out with their own, sub-standard solution. they need that Pepsi (and possibly McDonalds) promotion soon.
very interesting times.