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The most famous use of a Zune is almost certainly the quip in Guardians of the Galaxy 2 -- "It's called a Zune. It's what everybody's listening to on Earth now
by iso1210 5y ago
The most famous use of a Zune is almost certainly the quip in Guardians of the Galaxy 2 -- "It's called a Zune. It's what everybody's listening to on Earth nowadays. It's got three hundred songs on it."
The ipod, perhaps more than google, was the harbinger of the downward spiral of microsoft's iron grip on the tech industry.
- ghaff 5y agoThe somewhat remarkable thing to me--and maybe it reflects how large dominant companies can be very resilient to market changes and competition--is that, under Nadella, Microsoft has been able to largely thrive. In spite of basically losing mobile in multiple form factors and device types, to say nothing of search, maps, etc.
- dehrmann 5y ago> say nothing of search, maps, etc. They're too busy selling OS licensees, Office licenses, cloud services, and running Xbox break-even.
- lotsofpulp 5y agoThat is due to increased download bandwidth everywhere, especially due to advances in mobile network technology, meant that computing could be offloaded from devices to the cloud. Of course, the cloud requires huge capital expenditures, and who better to capitalize on it than the incumbent giants.
- sorenjan 5y agoI think the iPod competed more with Sony than Microsoft.
- throwaway2048 5y agodirectly sure, but it was a catalyst to apple's climb to the position it holds now.