OzHub, the Macquarie Telecom-led cloud computing alliance, has come down firmly on the side of Optus over the copyright controversy surrounding Optus TV Now, warning that any moves to change the law "risk branding Australia a global luddite state."
Amid an atmosphere where Microsoft's much vaunted "iPod killer" Zune has had about as much effect on iPod sales as a flea attacking an elephant, one of the Zune project's key executives has stepped down.
Bryan Lee, corporate vice president of the
entertainment business and head of business development for Zune at
Microsoft, has resigned, reportedly to pursue other interests. Lee,
with a background in finance, had been with Microsoft for seven years.
The move has set tongues wagging on the street that Lee's departure is
a sign that the Zune is in trouble and heads are starting to roll as a
result.
Despite a multi- million dollar marketing campaign, Zune's entrance
into the already crowded music player market dominated by Apple has
been a fizzer. Microsoft, under no illusions, set a modest target of
selling 1 million players by the end of the first half. Apple sells
nearly 10 million iPods each quarter.
Lee's replacement will be J Allard, corporate vice president of design
and development entertainment and services division, who has been
credited with overseeing Microsoft's entry into games consoles market
with Xbox and its successor Xbox 360.
The image of Allard, a young T-shirt wearing bald creative type, would
appear to fit the music player market mould more readily than the
accountant Lee. However, the challenges facing the new Zune boss are
enormous. While Zune's sales stumble along, iPod appears to be goping
from strength to strength and the iPhone is set for release in the US
around the same time Microsoft hopes to have 1 million Zune players in
the market.
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