Yeah I'd like to take a look at this server when it comes out. Any idea if it'll run on linux? ------------------------------- Alex Snow Email: alex_snow at gmx.net BBS: telnet://bbs1.dyndns.org web: http://web.alex-snow.dhs.org The Computer Repair Guy: If It Ain't Broke, I'll mess With It Till It Is! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rich Caloggero" <rjc@xxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 11:14 AM Subject: Re: Real Networks Goes Open Source > Well, if the same server can serve 55 different flavors of the same thing, > then winamp, freeamp, and other free players , on both Windows and Linux, > can probably play a few of them! > > Rich > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Aaron Howell" <aaron at kitten.net.au> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 5:31 PM > Subject: Re: Real Networks Goes Open Source > > > > Its clever actually, and the reverse of the traditional microsoft > approach. > > Make the server free, and make it damn near impossible to get a free > player. > > You can still get real one player for free, but you're now required to > sign up for a real one passport (even if you never activate it) > > and you get bombarded with advertising and junk (has anyone figured under > windows how you get rid of message center once and for all short of going in > and nuking the associated dll?) > > Eventually Real will bite the bullet and charge everyone for the player > which is probably how they intend to recover the cost of making their server > software opensource. > > one thing Microsoft has always had going for it though is that media > player is a heck of a lot more accessible than real, especially in their > latest versions. > > Regards > > Aaron > > On Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 05:24:55PM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote: > > > On Tue, 23 Jul 2002, Charles Crawford wrote: > > > > > > > Well now this is interesting. I wonder how it relates to Vorbis? > > > > > > It doesn't relate directly. My expectation, however, is that they'll add > > > ogg support at some time in the near future, as they now have no reason > > > not to support it. > > > > > > > > -- Charlie Crawford. > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Janina Sajka, Director > > > Technology Research and Development > > > Governmental Relations Group > > > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > > > > > Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > > > > > Chair, Accessibility SIG > > > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) > > > http://www.openebook.org > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > > +----------------------------------------------------------+ > > / |\ _,,,---,,_ /| > > / /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ / | > > / |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' / | > > / '---''(_/--' `-'\_) / | > > +----------------------------------------------------------+ | > > | Aaron Howell Kitten Internet | | > > | aaron at kitten.net.au Internet consultancy, | | > > | Phone: +61-417-625550 System administration, | | > > | fax: +61-7-36010099 system design/integration. | | > > | icq: 6715521 http://www.kitten.net.au | | > > | | | > > | | + > > | | / > > | | / > > | | / > > | |/ > > +----------------------------------------------------------+ > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
