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Zune 30 Failing EVERYWHERE, All At Once!

Apparently related to a Nov 2008 software update.

As a developer with tens of thousands of users myself, I feel sorry for the programmers involved. I bet they were planning all sorts of personal holiday parties... and now they'll be at the office working on this instead.
 
Honestly, this is a HUGE blow to the reputation of the Zune, seeing as we all love to bash on Microsoft any way, this is deffinatly gonna grab headlines.

I do feel bad that some people are deffinately gonna end up fired for this.
 
neiltc13 said:
Why do people replace the "s" in Microsoft with $?

Has the company done anything to deserve this or is it just people being angered by a company being successful in achieving its duty to perform well for its shareholders?
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1) I'm a shareholder (3 shares, baybee!) and the stock has been crap for the past few years.

2) It's not that they make money for shareholders. It's that Microsoft makes crap that sells well, the McDonald's of the comptuer world, and then tries to crush the competition with crap products. They can't even keep making Windows Media Player for Mac for crying out loud. I had to turn to VLC to get my uncle's computer to play WMV files.
 
I've never used a Zune, but I know four or five people who have them and are perfectly happy with them. At least, they were. Dunno how today is shaping up for them.

*shrugs* Just sayin' is all.
 
Zunicide! HAHAHAHAHA

First. The red ring of death with the 360. Then Vista is a huge flop. Then Windows 7 gets a somewhat bad review. NOW the Zunes are failing. It has not been a good few years for Micro$oft.

EDIT: I have a question. Why do the Zunes only go up to 80GB's when the iPod goes up to 120GB?
 
Just make a mental note of this day in history. You'll be able to tell your grandkids what you were doing when the Zunepocalypse hit. :D
 
This will certainly lower Microsoft's music player marketshare. But I've only met one person who owned a Zune, so maybe not.
 
Prof. said:
First. The red ring of death with the 360. Then Vista is a huge flop. Then Windows 7 gets a somewhat bad review. NOW the Zunes are failing. It has not been a good few years for Micro$oft.
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For brand recognition, not a good year at all.

Where has Windows 7 gotten bad reviews?
 
Prof. said:
First. The red ring of death with the 360. Then Vista is a huge flop. Then Windows 7 gets a somewhat bad review.
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Link me to one, cause I haven't seen one yet, almost everything has been mostly positive.
 
NT1440 said:
Honestly, this is a HUGE blow to the reputation of the Zune, seeing as we all love to bash on Microsoft any way, this is deffinatly gonna grab headlines.

I do feel bad that some people are deffinately gonna end up fired for this.
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Not likely, they haven't fired Ballmer yet.
 
I'll bet this has to do with the leap second. This would explain why those with the current software update are effected, but those without the update are still fine.
 
Enjoy this:

zsod.jpg
 
DMann said:
Not likely, they haven't fired Ballmer yet.
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What I mean is the little guys. They'll probably trace the problem back to some poor overworked coder working in a cubicle and fire his ass.
 
big headlines at headfi

many at headfi are negatively astonished to find their zunes don't work since this morning. sad really. i am not pulling for ipod over zune really just feel sad that people's investments are having a hard time kicking especially in hard economic times.

here is the headfi.org thread is the thread.
here is the zunescene thread on the issue.
 
Did anyone else get an IM from AIM user "Fanboysarelame"? He/She might be a MR user but I don't know who he/she is...:confused: He/She IM'd me about this thread...
 
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