Re: Get REAL ONE PLAYER instead!

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From: Mike M. (nospam_at_someplace.com)
Date: 03/04/04 

Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 09:12:46 -0500

Some of the people here are experts and contribute their expertise freely
without any thought for recompense. Some of us use these products
professionally and have our revenue streams tied to them. I personally use
both Windows Media and Real Networks in products I design. Each has it's
own place. You can offer up a source of debate without personal attacks on
people. You would get a lot better reception if you did.

"Conspiracy Nut" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:66c101c4016f$0add7620$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> "The EU (European Union) has already made a preliminary
> finding that Microsoft violated EU competition law by
> bundling its multimedia software into Windows, and by
> failing to provide competitors in the server market with
> enough programming code to allow their products to operate
> as well with Windows as Microsoft's own."
>
> I read that online recently regarding the EU wanting to
> force a change in Microsoft Windows. Could it be that
> Microsoft INTENTIONALLY made it harder for RealNetworks'
> RealOne player (and Apple's QuickTime, and others) to work
> better with Windows? That maybe it isn't RealNetworks'
> fault that RealOne player works poorly, if it works poorly
> at all?
>
> I don't know because I'm not an expert with this sort of
> thing. I only bring this up as a source of debate.

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