Microsoft Readies 'Monaco' Competitor to Apple's GarageBand

Microsoft is still pushing full-steam-ahead with a music-making program, code-named "Monaco," according to Microsoft partners who requested anonymity. Monaco would be very similar to Apple's GarageBand application, but would be optimized to take advantage of Windows Vista and the Aero user interface. Full story on MicroSoft-Watch.
(Edit: Did not see this news on Matrixsynth - This guy is way too quick for me again ;-) )