June 12, 2000
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At work today, we couldn’t quite figure out if this was good news or not. RealNetworks licensed bits of QuickTime for inclusion in its RealServer system. I guess it makes sense for RealNetworks to support as many different media formats as possible, seeing as they have the number one (in terms of market penetration anyway) streaming server technology. Presumably this could lead to being able to view QuickTime formatted media in RealPlayer. What I would like to see, aside from the abolishment of the RealCrappy RealTechnology altogether, is a way to watch and listen RealVideo and RealAudio content via QuickTime hooks in any application I choose. I hate being forced to use the atrociously designed interfaces that come with RealPlayer and its slovenly ilk. I’d rather hand code PostScript. Really.
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