Zune is a really nice player.  I bought the Zune 8 from the www.zuneoriginals.net site.  

i really like the new 8gb zune, im really happy with it!

having own 3 ipods, the ZUNE is what I was waiting for. I have a zune 8 and i'm very happy with the player and the software. my ipods are going to ebay

Neither of them.  Over the past 3 years, I've bought several MP3 players for myself and members of my family.  A Creative Zen player that's been working great for 2 years, a couple of 5GB RAVE players from GoVideo (since discontinued) that I got when CompUSA was closing down, and an 2GB RCA player that I picked up this summer.  The Zen was the only one I've paid over $100 for, and they all work and sound great without all the hype.

I've used both the Zune and the iPod, I definitely like the Zunes firmware on the player much better than the iPods, mostly because it isn't really plain, it's fast, the big display of the album art is sweet. The click wheel on the iPod is kinda annoying in my opinion, I've yet to use the new zune pad, but even if I didn't like it, atleast I can turn it off. Zune software is a bit lacking, but that should get improved greatly in the next year after they work out some bugs from the recent release. All together I would say the Zune is a much better player, but the software is lacking some features that iTunes has.

The ipod is more sturdy, easier to use, sets up with itunes nicely, and is a video powerhouse. Read commentaries on Zunes, most people think they are a joke....

I don't think that it matters if the iPod is in stock and the Zune sells out unless you take a look at the stock numbers of each product.  It's not hard to sell out of Zunes if you only manufactured 100 of them.

I have the original 30 gb zune and I know in the next few years, the zune will catch up or even surpass the ipod. the zune is way better than ipod.  

the zune is far better then the ipod. the software and ui are much "slicker" and lets face it, the ipod has had its hayday now its time to move aside

Come on, how can you not like the Ipod "Classic" and Apples stealing/taking a page from Coke classic, sheer genius.  The classic is yesterdays goods. How sad is it that Apple thinks so little of its fan base that they would re-release the same player 5.5 and 6 generation for their faithful followers.  Well for me, its out with the old and in with the new, my Zune 80 is a winner!