Re: Rob Glaser's note about realnetwork problems

["Eric M. Bennett" <ericb@pobox.com>]

Bill Forrest wrote:

>I personally don't feel for Microsoft at all.  They've put themselves in a
>position to scrutinized and critisized at every turn.  RealNetworks must
>feel at least threatened by them to speak out against them.  History has
>shown that they have every right to feel threatened.

That's true, but we still ought to hear Microsoft out fairly.  Why?  Well...

I haven't looked at the details surrounding what does or does not happen
with various versions of Real Player.  However, I am sure that at some
point a company is going to try to jump on the MS-bashing bandwagon with
some very dubious if not clearly false claims; Microsoft is not the only
dishonest company out there.  When that happens, I'm going to have to
defend Microsoft.  Like you, I won't feel the least bit sorry for them, but
I'll still have to defend them.



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Eric Bennett (http://www.pobox.com/~ericb/), Cornell Biochemistry Department

[If you are Bill Gates and you] want to control video? Just add it to
Windows. Want to control Java? Just add it to Windows. Want to control the
Internet? Just add it to Windows. Everyone has to buy Windows.
-Larry Ellison, Oracle CEO