From: "John Oellrich" 

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Rich,

Nope it is the other way around. Well they do probably make a profit on =
the iPod, but it has no where near the margin of iTunes.

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john

john{at}oellrich.us
  "Rich"  wrote in message news:43db18e3$1{at}w3.nls.net...
     Doesn't apple make money on the ipod hardware and little to none on =
the itunes store?

  Rich

    "John Oellrich"  wrote in message =
news:43da8441{at}w3.nls.net...
    Talk about stupid! Yet another money losing piece of hardware where =
they will try to make it up in the volume ;->

    ...

    I would suggest that MS might be better off working with Creative if =
they want to blunt Apple's dominance in this arena. Get Windows Media 10 =
ported to the device, and then MS could use MSN for the delivery vehicle =
for the purchased media which is where the real money is.

    --=20
    john


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Rich,
 
Nope it is the other way around. Well they do probably make a =
profit on the=20
iPod, but it has no where near the margin of iTunes.
-- john
 
john{at}oellrich.us">mailto:john{at}oellrich.us">john{at}oellrich.us

  "Rich" <{at}> wrote in message news:43db18e3$1{at}w3.nls.net...
     Doesn't
apple make money =
on the ipod=20
  hardware and little to none on the itunes store?
   
  Rich
   
  

    "John Oellrich" <john{at}oellrich.us>">mailto:john{at}oellrich.us">john{at}oellrich.us>
wrote in =
message news:43da8441{at}w3.nls.net...
    Talk about stupid! Yet another money losing piece of hardware =
where=20
    they will try to make it up in the volume ;->
     
    ...
     
    I would suggest that MS might be better off working with =
Creative if=20
    they want to blunt Apple's dominance in this arena. Get Windows =
Media 10=20
    ported to the device, and then MS could use MSN for the delivery =
vehicle for=20
    the purchased media which is where the real money is.
    -- john
     
     

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