Yeah, I have an old version of the install for RealPlayer Basic (ver. 8.x, IIRC). I try to avoid having RealPlayer at all, but if there is some content that I really want to see/hear I install it. Of course, it immediately prompts me to upgrade, but I just ignore it, since every new version becomes more possessive and more insistent that it take over every possible multimedia function on your PC, and furthermore that it communicate your usage patterns to the folks at Real Networks. No thanks.
Cheers, Scott ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 7:18 AM Subject: [wdvltalk] re: Can anyone advise me on this problem? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peter MacGregor" > > > Thanks, all. It was Real Player doing the damage. > > RealAudio and RealPlayer used to be fine and useful. Then two things > happened, they started to actually make money out of streaming audio and, by > sheer coincidence, Microsoft decided to take over their patch with streaming > Windows Media. Their response, in turning RealPlayer into some kind of > possessive monster that tries to take over my PC, has completely turned me > against them and now I will only have it on my PC if I absolutely have to > for a specific product. > > But I'd hate Microsoft to win out as they are so in bed with the music > industry with this DRM stuff, I am hanging onto an old copy of Media Player > for now... I might change back to WinAmp to play music, but they are going a > bit corporate too. > > What happened to the earlier "just for fun and pleasure" spirit in the > computer industry? Why does everything suddenly have to generate > extortionate income streams? Who let the pigs near the trough? > > > ____ . The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM . ____ > To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. > To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: > http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub > > ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ > > You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > > To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: > Jupitermedia Corp. > Attn: Discussion List Management > 475 Park Avenue South > New York, NY 10016 > > Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. > ____ � The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM � ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
