Soapbox starts testing on Tuesday and will launch within six months, says the Seattle giant. Do you rate Microsoft stuff? Buying a Zune player for example?

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Am i the only person to notice MS duplicating a lot of ideas already.... though judging on how MS started, i guess it aint all that surprising...

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An early review of the Soapbox beta by website Cnet said it was "disappointing".

-what's the point though, there's youtube with a clear lead and microsoft isn't exactly a name people love, so I don't see it doing very well.

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Has Microsoft ever been first to market with anything?

*thinks...*

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I don't think they have...

Oh well, it probably will be full of bugs and not work anyway.

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hmm, messenger maybe.

but everything else is stolen from apple or google.

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I like youtube so i'm not sure why they need to come up with a newone! - Do they not have a brain to think of something new!

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Clippy ;-)

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Nope, ICQ from Miriablis (spelling?) was launched in 1996, MSN Messenger was launched in 1999.

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ah that annoying thing, was unsure about messenger so cheers for that.

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