Jobs was reportedly pressed hard about supporting the WMA format. He said that Apple has no plans to support the format unless Microsoft reaches 50% market share, at which point Jobs welcomed Microsoft to ask him again. [Steve Jobs, at the "D" conference, reported in MacInTouch via AppleInsider]He's hoping he can keep iTunes/iPod powerful enough that Microsoft will have as little chance of reaching 50% with WMA as Apple has today with Macintosh.
I'd be very surprised if that turns out to happen, but perhaps it's worth a shot from Apple's perspective. Jobs obviously thinks so. Products like Airport Express will definitely help. They're going for it.
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