Microsoft is missing the podcasting bandwagon

Again, Microsoft and the Windows world is out-of-touch with state of the art. In this
Support of podcasts in iTunes can spoil you ZDNet piece, the authors are so right-on about how behind-the-times Redmond is when it comes to this podcasting boom, writing:

… if Microsoft really wants to make life easier for podcast lovers that use Windows Media and/or PlaysForSure-compliant mobile media devices, it’ll copy what Apple has done with iTunes by enabling Windows Media Player as a podcatcher, and it will do it yesterday.

The fact of the matter is for non iPod users, listening to podcasts is still cumbersome at best.

This article was posted by Tech Reporter Mike Wendland. It has been archieved under .

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227One Response2005-06-29+13%3A20%3A21Mike+Wendland to “Microsoft is missing the podcasting bandwagon”

Dave Says:
June 29th, 2005 at 7:00 pm

Why would you actually say that publically? Gates or Balmer will read this and then do the catchup thing. Let them sleep. It’s about time these non-innovators stopped monopolizing somebody else’s business.

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