Mike-TechMy part in the technology world no matter how insignificant.(Untitled)- April 29, 2004 This from the SeattlePI. It seems that RealNetworks is trying to liscense the WMA codec so that their Rhapsody music service offerings can be played on portable media players. First they tried to deal with Apple and Jobs said no, so now Microsoft. I think it's funny because Real is in the process of suing Microsoft for using their "monopolistic powers" to unfairly give them an advantage with Windows Media. It seems everyone is willing to come to the dark side these...http://radio.weblogs.com/0104693/2004/04/29.html#a59 (Untitled)- April 28, 2004 I found this via Channel9. It seems Gnome and Mozilla have decided to band together in order to defend against Longhorn and the slew of products to be released around it's timeframe. This is probably a good idea for them not just as a defense against MS but as an overall strategy. One of the major roadblocks to Linux on the desktop is that there are too many choices. Yes the capitalist himself says this. It's hard to create a unified look and enviornment when you have so.http://radio.weblogs.com/0104693/2004/04/28.html#a58 |