Ignoring the ignorant iPod, Sansa and Zen users, Zune is not going down like the titanic, as the dudes at some iPod fansites had hoped for.  Microsoft has said it expects to sell one million of its new Zune music players through the first half of 2007. That figure would pale in comparison to Apple Computer Inc.’s market-leading iPod, but Microsoft contends it would be a good start.

“We think that’s actually pretty awesome,” said Bryan Lee, vice-president for Microsoft’s entertainment group. The US$250 Zune, whose 30-gigabyte hard drive can hold 7,500 songs, debuted in mid-November to mixed reviews. One unique aspect of the Zune, its ability to let users wirelessly send songs to each other, has been panned for allowing shared music to be played only three times in three days before expiring.

Lets see, 1,000,0000 sold x $250 + 10 songs per user = $260,000,000 - thats not such a bad thing…  iPod lovers and Zune bashers, we laugh in your face.