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By will, Tue 19 Sep 2006 at 11:01am 
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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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By SilentGuy, Tue 19 Sep 2006 at 11:04am 
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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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By Matt, Tue 19 Sep 2006 at 11:04am 
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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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By will, Tue 19 Sep 2006 at 11:16am 
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Has Microsoft ever been first to market with anything?

*thinks...*

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By Chris, Tue 19 Sep 2006 at 11:19am 
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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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By Matt, Tue 19 Sep 2006 at 11:20am 
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hmm, messenger maybe.

but everything else is stolen from apple or google.

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By DV, Tue 19 Sep 2006 at 12:25pm 
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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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By andy, Tue 19 Sep 2006 at 12:39pm 
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will wrote:

Has Microsoft ever been first to market with anything?

*thinks...*



Clippy ;-)

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By andy, Tue 19 Sep 2006 at 12:41pm 
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Matt-O wrote:

hmm, messenger maybe.

but everything else is stolen from apple or google.



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

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By Matt, Tue 19 Sep 2006 at 12:44pm 
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andy wrote:

will wrote:

Has Microsoft ever been first to market with anything?

*thinks...*



Clippy ;-)



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


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