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WAVE admirer Rob ENDERLE says JANUS = iPod Killer
JANUS unfortunately is still not out, but when it is finally unleashed to the consumer, I believe it will sink and bury iPod.

http://www.technewsworld.com/story/34914.html

"Distribution of the Future
Distribution models are clearly broken, but I've been looking at what has been called the real iPod killer: the Janus technology from Microsoft. This new technology, initially targeted at music, allows you, for a monthly fee, to access the full library of content and the ability to download that content onto any compliant device for unlimited use as long as the subscription is valid.

With a hard-drive based player, you would no longer need to buy films or CDs -- or even pay by the song -- which should have some interesting long-term implications for a lot of things.
While currently downloading a film on DSL or cable broadband takes about half the film's running time, this time delay will drop with increased bandwidth. And if you have access to the entire library, you could download several films at night to watch at your leisure.

While the "when" part of Janus still remains a question today, it won't be a question by the end of the decade. Services like Janus will probably mean the end of companies like Blockbuster and Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) unless they can adapt to the new technology. "