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About this siteFor six years, the Internet Nexus served as my technology blog, but I've since started blogging at the SuperSite Blog instead. If you're looking for the blog, please head there. --Paul Thursday, September 02, 2004Gates: "We're Early on the Video Thing"Business Week: " Microsoft wants to steal some of Apple's thunder in the digital music business. On Sept. 2, it opens the doors to MSN Music, its online music store. At the same time, it will roll out a new version of its Windows Media Player, used to listen to music and watch video on a PC. And three partners, Samsung, Creative, and iRiver, are launching portable media devices that play video as well as music ... Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates recently talked about Microsoft's revamped digital media strategy with BusinessWeek."Best quote: Q: Steve Jobs has said consumers aren't going to watch video on tiny screens. Is he wrong? A: Yes. Ask kids in the back of a car on a two-hour trip, "Hey, would you like to have your videos there?" My kids would. I guess Steve's kids just listen to Bach and Mozart. But mine, they want to watch Finding Nemo. I don't know who made that, but it's really a neat movie. So, yeah, we're early on the video thing. A video device costs somewhat more than just a pure music device -- up in the $500 range. But there's no problem with the screen. The experience for the kids sitting there watching that color LCD screen is fantastic. Getting the content providers to open up their broad libraries and making those things really easy to get at, we've put a lot into that. But [video is] not where the music scenario is. So I'm very proud of what we're doing there, but the explosion of video will be based on the work we do this year. [ Posted at 11:53 AM | Permalink ]
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