Wed Mar 01, 2006 10:23 am

What ever this Chris guy is smoking, I want some of it

On a serious note, is he so out of touch of reality that after losing 80% of the market, they still say that subscription based music store is the way to go? As their ad goes "Do The Math"

But then again this typical Chris Gorok, blame everyone any everything else but the flawed Napster's business module

Wed Mar 01, 2006 12:29 pm

I abolutely love this:

"Mr. Gorog, however, thinks Apple's days are numbered, and that the digital music landscape will be very different in the next 12 to 24 months. He feels that Microsoft's Windows Media format will take over, thanks to new digital music players that Sony and Samsung have yet to release."

Especially when you compare it with his engadget interview from 1 year ago where he said:

"we fully expect iPod’s share of the hard-drive device market to have a substantial decline during this Christmas selling season because virtually every MP3 player sold in America will support Napster To Go this fall — except the iPod."

So he seems to have gone from predicting an imminent demise (12 months ago) to one taking 12-24 months (now). Maybe in a couple more years he'll be saying that Apple's market share "will surely fall sometime in the next decade or so"

Another choice quote from the engadget interview is this one:

"So you’re going to have consumers having to make a decision between last year’s technology, your father’s Oldsmobile, or any other MP3 player that will support this extraordinary portable subscription opportunity."

Yes.... and we know how that turned out. But he still seems to be clinging desperately to the notion that some company (now it's Sony or Samsung) will come to his rescue with an iPod killer. Despite the fact that they just make the player (and not the DRM software or the store). I guess he still just doesn't get it.

Wed Mar 01, 2006 2:30 pm

Hahahah.

It looks like people DON'T prefer the subscription model, Chris Gorog.

Although, that was obvious before Napster To Go was even an idea in your clueless little head.

Oh well. At least you're blaming Microsoft now. That's almost as good as taking responsibility for your own mistakes.

Mon Mar 06, 2006 10:41 pm

they said same thing 12-24 months ago.

they are toast.

Tue Mar 28, 2006 5:31 pm

Chris Gorog has to be the biggest blowhard I've seen in a a long time. I'm pretty sure he IS the guy who ran ITC into the ground, then toook a job with Univeral at its "City Walk," lost the job there, and somehow ept using his wiles to fail upward. Look at the math on this stuff. Yes, Napster has a "brand name," but it's an old one and not worth much after going into bankruptcy proceedings after being clobbered by the big music production houses. I think Gorog should look for something else to ruin besides a company that already is. POOR ROXIO!