2003-03-29

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Windows Media Player 9 Series Shatters Jukebox Download Records With 14 Million Downloads Worldwide in First Month

Nearly 9 Out of 10 Users Polled Cited Improved Audio Quality, Fast Streaming and Improved Player Performance as Key Areas of Satisfaction; Windows Movie Maker 2 Tallies Over 3 Million Downloads in First 30 Days

Pity it took 9 versions to get somewhere close to decent... That said, it is a smoothly useable piece of software, even on this doggish 1Ghz machine, with my only worries being the obvious DRM abuse possibilities and Microsofts ruthless business practices...(I'm currently writing a piece about MS Lit. as I've amassed a tower of them over the years. It's quite some eye-opener to re-read them with the benefit of hindsight ...Coupland coined a nice Gen-X term for such short-term nostalgia - *jands off to Google to dig it out...)...