from Edupage:
MICROSOFT ENDS ITS PARTNERSHIP WITH REALNETWORKS
Microsoft is selling its 10% stake in RealNetworks, and will compete against
that company in offering "streaming video," which allows people to receive
TV broadcasts over the Internet. The company is denying that its decision
to end the alliance is revenge for the testimony provided last June by
RealNetworks chief executive Rob Glaser in the Microsoft antitrust case
being pursued by the U.S. Justice Department. Glaser had said in a Senate
hearing that Microsoft had deliberately tried to "break" his multimedia
software by making it inoperable on the Windows operating systems. Microsoft
has said that Glaser's charge was false.
(San Jose Mercury News 19 Nov 98)
Full Story:
http://www.sjmercury.com/business/microsoft/docs/realnet111998.htm
BTW --
does anyone know of a MSFT "Java" based application designed to compete with
RealPlayer (video)?
I was told on saturday that the firm that is packaging our speaker promo
videos is using this tool on future releases. I stated that the nature of my
business - advocating cross-platform open-standards -- meant that I would
not use such a client (this was before the judge ruled in favor of Sun on
the Java case). So they told me they could output my video in Quicktime.
They were also unaware of the issues of getting Java 'thru' firewalls.
Kathy
> Kathy E. Gill
> DCAC/MRM Production Visibility Support -- 425.234.2004, pager 425.568.0195
> The biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at
> doing what they most enjoy. ~ Malcomb S. Forbes
> Microsoft Exchange: the perfect name for its users' greatest desire!
>
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