Bach left Microsoft abruptly in 2010. Here he looks back at what Microsoft got right (and wrong) in the launch of the original Xbox and the Zune. As you may know, one of them went better than the other.

"After a flurry of back and forth reports concerning the life of the Zune HD, WMPoweruser is now reporting that Microsoft has indeed pulled the plug on its Zune hardware, and will instead focus its efforts moving forward on the software and services side of the equation."

J Allard always imagined the Zune as a cloud device. Now more cloud than device, however.

"Has anyone noticed that this week’s released screenshots of the New Xbox Dashboard conspicuously omit the Zune logo? If you look at the Music experience shot, below, you’ll see some generic music note graphics, but no Zune.<br />
"The Zune brand, of course, is being phased out. This is just the latest public-facing example of this slow migration."<br />
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More like a slow eradication from Microsoft's history, Soviet-style.