Continuing from previous post, Todd Cochrane of Geek News Central, says that Windows Media 11’s lack of podcasting features will slow down podcasting’s growth. Scoble agrees that it sucks, but think a bit different. The lack of podcasting support in WMP 11 only will slow down the application’s growth.

Scoble continues:

If it takes 30 months to add a cool feature into your product you’re too slow, not agile enough, and will see slow growth.

Hey, my fellow Microsofties. Want to see the stock go up? Cut the time from 30 months or longer to 12. The market will start to notice and you’ll see increased buzz. That still won’t be perfect, but it’ll be a lot better than we got now.

Thirty months? Is it the industry average, or specifically Microsoft?

In my opinion, lack of podcasting support in WMP slows down both adoption of the application and podcasting. Even with such gigantic iPod userbase, it is nothing compares to the reach Microsoft have.

Many people still hope that Microsoft change their mind. They still expect to see the final release of WMP 11 to support RSS and podcasting.

The chance is very slim.

Source: Scobleizer.
Others: Podcast Statistics.

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