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REAL... another self inflicted victim
Real Networks at one time had the world by the tail... massive market share, a free player, making money on the production side. Then they got greedy and wanted to make more money by charging for the player. That didn't work so they loaded (an bloated) their player with ad/spyware. Now the consumers (us) are so ticked off at Real that they don't care if they sink or swim.

Then Glaser pulls the stunt of trying to blackmail Jobs? OH PLEASE!! Jobs saw through this like it was saran-wrap. The entire industry knows that Real & MS have had a rocky relationship, including several lawsuits. It wouldn't surprise me if there was "Anti-Real" code in Windows, ala DR-DOS.

Two products that have done well by not following this formula are Acrobat & Quicktime. They started out with the same formula as Real, but stuck to this formula BECAUSE IT WORKS! Neither of these products have made MS scale money, but I'd bet they are both nice little profit centers for Adobe & Apple.

TO ALL SOFTWARE EXECS: CONCENTRATE ON THE PRODUCT . MAKE IT THE BEST IT CAN BE. AFTER YOU DO THAT, THEN THE PROFIT WILL TAKE CARE OF ITSELF.
Posted by: Tux Groomer   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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