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The most surprising part of this story is that RealNetworks is still in business. What a horrible piece of software, on the server and the client side.
by fourspace 15y ago
The most surprising part of this story is that RealNetworks is still in business. What a horrible piece of software, on the server and the client side.
- meow 15y agoMay be filing law suits is how it survives.
- chopsueyar 15y agoWhen I saw the headline, I thought "Real is still around?"
- thomasgerbe 15y agoI passed by it while walking around Seattle and did a double take.
- orenmazor 15y agoFor sure! not just alive, but alive enough to actually be a dick to somebody!
- driverdan 15y agoThey're still around for 2 reasons: patent holdings and content networks. RN holds some patents that are still used in a lot of software and makes revenue from licensing fees. They also own content networks and make money by selling advertising on them, similar to what AOL is now.
- wnight 15y agoPatents and spam. Still, it's a step up from their video "product".