Best Buy vs. Apple in Music Download

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Best Buy is buying Napster, the second-place music subscription service, which has been losing money and subscribers. The deal is almost a rounding error for a company of Best Buy's size. The stated price is $121 million. But since Napster has $67 million in cash, the effective cost to Best Buy is $54 million. Best Buy has long been interested in finding ways to sell services as well as products. It has offered a co-branded version of the Rhapsody, the leading music subscription service offered by Real Networks.

Will Best Buy or Apple have larger market share in music download?
* it is just a causal prediction as the figure cannot be obtained. Please feel free to share your thought.

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	ZiiValue (chance)	MyValue (0% to 100% chance)	()	Possible Outcomes
	20%			Yes
	80%			No, at least not in 2008

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