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The EU lawsuit wasn't just about Real
It had as much to do with Apple as Real but the real (no pun intended) truth is it has to do with anyone in the future trying to do something new. An example of this is the browser market which is dead. Once upon a time there was a company that made money from producing a web browser, now that company is irrelevant because MS included a browser in the OS. Even worse is there have been many great ideas and improvements in browsers but they are irrelevant because MS included IE. It comes down to the fact that most users are lazy and don't understand the difference between one product to the other. The IE browser is slow non-standards compliant bloat ware yet it is the most popular because it is already installed and intergraded with windows. The same thing is happening with WMP, I even heard a guy say the other day "you need XP in order to do multimedia" that's the mindset that is forming and it's wrong. It's not that I care about Real, it's that I don't want to get stuck with WMP and have it never get better like IE.....
Posted by: Arrg   Posted on: 04/16/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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G'bye Real, don't let the doorknob hit you on the way out  James T. Kirk | 04/16/04
Don't Forget the Spyware  Mark Gist | 04/16/04
Uninstall RealPlayer  timoute | 04/16/04
they got greedy  V Sanders | 04/17/04
Amen!  fondy | 04/21/04
Bad karma  doingdifferent | 04/16/04
And this is what the EU antitrust was about?  Rodney Davis | 04/16/04
The EU lawsuit wasn't just about Real  Arrg | 04/16/04
The EU lawsuit wasn't just about Real  seosamh_z | 04/16/04
Consider Joe Average...  Rodney Davis | 04/16/04
Re: EU Lawsuit  fondy | 04/21/04
As if this really matters.  B.O.F.H. | 04/16/04
Was this guy for "REAL"  SOCAM | 04/16/04
REAL... another self inflicted victim  Tux Groomer | 04/16/04
Realplayer doens't even work  Webdogger | 04/16/04
If all media players would support all media standards ? (NT)  Vily Clay | 04/16/04
why shoudl I have to buy a media player  V Sanders | 04/17/04
The only free thing is Swiss cheese in a mousetrap. Are you there? (NT)  Vily Clay | 04/17/04
EU anti-trust witness? Buwahahaha  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/16/04
exactly  V Sanders | 04/17/04
Thoughts  moiety5 | 04/16/04
overall:  ryusen | 04/16/04
Mr. Glazer: Steve is a friend of Bill  Anton Philidor | 04/17/04
hehe - turn around fair play  V Sanders | 04/17/04
Jobs and Microsoft  gsquared | 04/22/04
with real  V Sanders | 04/17/04
Actually  Joseph_01 | 04/18/04
indeed  Tim Carpenter | 04/22/04
Inferior Product  bvckvs | 04/22/04
reviewers with vision/hearing/marketing hype disabilities  mmckee58 | 04/22/04
Negatives still outweigh whatever benefit  dr praetorius | 04/23/04

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