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Can Microsoft Make Xbox-Live-Like Magic With Zune?

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Mary Jo
Mary Jo
Jul 28, 2006
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From Microsoft Watch: Microsoft shared on Thursday at its Financial Analyst Meeting more details of its hopes and plans for Zune, its portable media player, that is due out this fall. The big-picture game plan is to try to recreate with Zune the online service/community success that it has built with Xbox Live. In fact, Xbox Live is the model for almost all of Microsoft’s product teams who are considering how to extend their software with services.

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