Some of you may have noticed that the Zune team is hiring. It's true; the Zune team is growing. It's like we've been saying all along, dear blog reader: the Zune is a multi-year investment, one that the company is fully behind. Hence, a bigger team. And on the inside, I'm seeing a lot more "welcome so and so to the Zune team" emails come in. Very exciting. And hey, if you're a new hire on the Zune team, and are reading this: Welcome! On a semi-related note, I want to share a pet peeve: when "grow...

Today we're announcing that Bryan Lee is retiring from Microsoft, to pursue personal interests. J Allard , already instrumental in shaping Microsoft's music strategy, will be taking over Zune responsibilities. From the start of the project, J has shared overall responsibility for Zune. Bryan was looking after marketing and business development for example and J had responsibility for the design and technology of Zune. As anyone who works in a big company knows, change is the only constant. Organizations...

Wow! I'm loving all the conversation about this in my last post . I'm back from CES now and I've had some time to read up on the keynote, especially the Cisco Apple iPhone. So, a few thoughts: Steve Jobs is a great showman, and his keynote wowed a lot of people. Even on this site. Although I think we're past the Reality Distortion Field now and people are taking a more grounded look. Along with Krull , this Engadget article made me go 'hmm.' I wonder if Apple partnered with LG, like we partnered...

As you've probably read by now , and as TomT noted * we (Microsoft) are expecting to sell one million Zune players by the end of our fiscal year (June 30). And in the first few weeks, sales have trended according to plan. NPD should publish the November numbers in Mid-December, and publish the December numbers again in January - around CES . By the way, any blog readers planning on going to CES? *Thanks Tom! High five!