Here’s a great quote from the New York Times’ story on the HP/Apple iTunes & iPod deal:

Microsoft has said that it plans to offer its own MSN music store later this year. Thursday the company appeared unprepared for the Apple-Hewlett agreement, which clearly stung Microsoft executives. They said the agreement would limit choice and harm consumers.


“Windows is about choice, you can mix and match all of this stuff,” said David Fester, general manager of Microsoft’s Windows digital media division. “We believe you should have the same choice when it comes to music services.”

Wow…Microsoft complaining that consumers won’t be given a choice? My irony detector is off the chart.