Real Networks Makes Deal with MS
from the end-of-a-battle dept
Instead of continuing to battle out the war for audio streaming standards, it looks like Microsoft may have won. Real Networks has agreed to license Microsoft's technology and include it with its own.
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Quite the opposite...
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Real Windows
Strange...I'm sure I've seen this before.
Wouldn't we all LOVE to know how that agreement was arrived at? O for the mole in microsoft!
D'you think RealPlayer will use MS's own APIs for the MS formats?
How long then before MS says
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Wouldn't we all LOVE to know how that agreement was arrived at? O for a mole in Microsoft!
D'you think RealPlayer will use MS's own APIs for the MS formats?
How long then before MS says
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