Comments on: Will Yahoo's music move prompt a price war?

The Web giant's new cut-rate subscription service could put pricing squeeze on rivals, analysts say.

[Thomas, David]

MS Ventrue Capital

I wonder how much venture Capital RealNetworks, Yahoo, and
Napster are getting directly, and indirectly from Microsoft.

[Andrew J Glina]

And Apple hasn't?

How much money over the years has Microsoft pumped into Apple? Has Apple ever invested in Microsoft? Microsoft was one of the first companies to go out on a limb and support the Mac. Apple probably would not be around today if it wasn't for Microsoft so I don't understand the anti-Microsoft feeling from some Apple supporters.

[nmcphers]

Probably none

Maybe Napster got a little kickback because they were the biggest poster boy for MS portable music technology. But Realnetworks and Yahoo are too much of a competitor to MS to get venture captalist money. And they both NEED Microsoft. Realnetworks needed MS portable music technology, and Yahoo has no music format of it's own.

I feel for Napster. Unlike the other players, music download is the only business they have.

[dolfox]

Collateral damage?

Once again, Molly the Apple Hater shows her true Apple hating
colors...collateral damage? What...Yahoo isn't supposed to
compete with Napster or Real? Show a united front to the
'almighty iTunes Store'? You know, the music store with the
'closed standards' system, as opposed to the others that use
WMA for Windows systems only, licensed under guise of 'choice'?

These subscription models are going to eat each other up...they
don't compete with iTunes because they use a completely
different business model...

spin spin Molly spin

[BTJustice]

Music Format?

I wish CNET would tell us what the music format is for these online music stores it reviews. Does Yahoo! Music do .MP3s or .WMAs or some other format?