alt Hacker NewsI remember Microsoft introduced a DRM / certification program they called "Playsforsure".
Two years later they introduce the Zune, which could not play "Playsforsure" music people had purchased from MSN..
I remember Microsoft introduced a DRM / certification program they called "Playsforsure".
Two years later they introduce the Zune, which could not play "Playsforsure" music people had purchased from MSN..
Heh, sounds like Windows Phone. Release Windows Phone 7, get early adopters and traction. Thank the early adopters by releasing Windows Phone 8, which is incompatible with existing Windows Phone 7 devices. Also make it use a new app development SDK so that Windows Phone 8 apps don't work on Windows Phone 7 (modulo some weird transition tech that almost nobody uses).