[TriLUG] real player to go open source

Thomas C. Meggs tom at plik.net
Tue Oct 29 11:44:42 EST 2002


No one uses Quicktime because of the nags to purchase a full version 
every time it runs.

I imagine RealPlayer decided to go opensource after no one downloaded 
RealOne where they force you to fill out a user profile just to use the 
%#^@ thing.

Regards,
Tom

Greg Brown wrote:
> This is great news!   With the real player going cross-platform to OS X and 
> Linux (and who knows which others) maybe we'll see M$ getting some real 
> competition in the streaming media department (not that quicktime does a bad 
> job - it just seems so limited in number vs. M$ right now).
> 
> http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,106457,00.asp
> 
> Greg
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