They want to make their first steps into the Open Source world and see if they can build an ecosystem around their dead products and dead technologies. Probably a plugin for their Helix player is compatible with RealPlayer too, and they want to see plugins popping around. Nobody told them that if Helix can't play MP3, WMA, RM, MPEG and other basic stuff we use, nobody will use it, and without users you can't build an ecosystem. Good luck for them. They'll need it. Regards, Avi On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 04:44:32 +0000, Michael A. Peters <mpeters@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On 11/28/2004 04:56:55 PM, Steven Garrity wrote: > > > Not sure what the Helix player is doing in here - works well, but > > seems redundant with Totem/Rhythmbox. Perhaps it's in here because of > > RealNetworks/Redhat agreements? > > Maybe - but a number of people are just using RealPlayer10 anyway - > which is allegedly more capable than Helix (I haven't tried either).
