Gordon Frazer of Microsoft UK gets interviewed by Andrew Davidson and answers, among others, some Zune-questions. At some point he says whatever applies to US doesn't mean it will apply to UK, so we may talk about a new Zune model...
[...] Okay, what about the big questions? Is Microsoft becoming a consumer-electronics company? “No, we’re still a software company at heart. Xbox and Zune are founded round the software inside, and hardware is not a profit-generating business for us; they are a means to a software business.”
As for when Zune will launch here, he gestures upwards with his hands. Does he get to choose? “Bit of both. We have to understand what works in America and what will apply here. It’s selling well in America.” But, he implies, the Zune we get here may be a remodelled version.
Aha. But he can offer no more on that. We chat about convergence and search engines and business customers versus consumers. “We must make sure everyone has a great consumer experience,” he says, with fluid charm.
[via Times Online UK ]
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