Zune was announced on November 14th, 2006.

iPod 1st Gen was released in 2001.

What are you raving about?

did you miss the second part of my sentence?

this so much this. For some reason Microsoft does all these awesome things without winning the market (again)

Yet people still refuse to accept that sometimes, being first makes little difference, delivering something well polished and usable as well as having a track record of quality is worth a lot, and people make choices for reasons other than release timelines.

Being first only matters when you solve a problem people already have. Polishing doesn't matter it that case because you ease people's pain.

If you create a thing that people don't want currently polishing and marketing all that matters.