Comments on: Windows 7 tunes into remote music library access

Microsoft confirms a new feature called Remote Media Streaming that promises to let you access your music library remotely over the Web.

[TheForestFloor]

Hrm. Apple had a feature that was exactly like this in iTunes 6 or 7 a few years ago, but the Mu$ic Industry complained and they had to remove the feature. Hopefully Microsoft will get this feature to stick around and Apple and everyone else can allow authentication based streaming from home to work again too. Kudos.

[cpfort]

So it's like Orb only it doesn't stream video...

[Save_Me_from_my_Govt]

Since WinAmp Remote has been around for a couple of years, (and in my mind WinAmp is a much superior--and intuitive--product to use), it's good to see Microsoft finally jump on the "me too" bandwagon.

[rapier1]

People have been doing this for almost two decades now. Its not like fine people at Nullsoft just had this idea.

[forbol]

There is very little new under the sun, no matter what new feature is added there will always be those, right or wrong, that will clam that they or someone else thought of it first. This matters not at all. What does matter is, will it work well, will it work in a way that makes me want to utilize this "new" feature, perhaps in some innovative way.

[Angmarr]

I must e one of the few people who doesn't care much about music! = )

[wholycrapbatman]

dooh ... where are the donuts ... i like eating dohunts while listening to apple fan boys b.itch about windows getting better

[megustansalchichas]

ridiculous. the internet has been around for 10 years now and they're just now making an application that will let me access my music files? they allow me to load MSoffice on two computers but if I want to do that with zune one computer is 'guest' and the other is main, and I can't manage the music loaded on the zune with the main computer when I'm on the guest computer? what are they thinking over there? is it so hard to make software that deals with music?

[B-Ri]

The problem, and this is for MS and Apple, is that they have to deal with the Music and Movie industries. Technologically this could easily be implemented but restrictions on the content is what is keeping these features out. Bottom line trumps innovation every time, unfortunately.

[Dalkorian]

Another security hole, one in which M$ can track your activities through. All to do what you've been able to do for years now, but with more restrictions enforceable with an iron fist. I can't wait until you apologists get wind of the fact that fista sp 3 will come with a graphical desktop!

ROFLMAO@U! ;-)