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Sun Gets Real with Mad Hatter | |
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| Time: 14:23 EST/19:23 GMT | News Source: NewsFactor | Posted By: Brian Kvalheim | ||
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As Mad Hatter's Linux desktop product sits poised for launch, Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq: SUNW) has added the RealOne media player from RealNetworks (Nasdaq: RNWK) to the new operating system. With some 350 million users, the RealOne player gives Sun a high-profile application that the company hopes will help draw more users away from Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) and toward its Linux-based OS. "We want to accelerate the growth of Linux for the desktop with a complete solution -- including software users are familiar with, such as the RealOne player," said Gary Little, Sun's product line manager for desktop solutions. | ||
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| #1 By 20 (67.9.179.51) at 9/8/2003 2:30:29 PM |
| Sorry Sun, if that's your cornerstone app, I don't think you're going to sway anyone to jump to Linux. |
| #2 By 2332 (216.41.45.78) at 9/8/2003 3:06:59 PM |
| eheehehehehhee.... real sucks. :-) |
| #3 By 11131 (160.81.221.42) at 9/8/2003 4:52:40 PM |
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Real on Linux is not going to draw me from Windows..... I don't even use Real on my Windows box. Better hardware support (drivers), better UI, and more software (ie: games :) ) may draw me to Linux.
Alister |
| #4 By 9589 (66.57.63.97) at 9/8/2003 11:27:20 PM |
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Gee, we haven't heard Sun say that they have a new new . . . whatever to take on Microsoft on the desktop for what . . . a week! lol
The only "Mad Hatter" is Sun CEO, McSqueally. And, I thought Sun's motto was, "better technology through sueing its competitors." Regarding, Real One: Its like sticky buns. When you install it, it gets on everything. Once you have deleted the myriad icons, then, you have to spend 20 minutes configuing it so it only pesters you some of the time. What is particularly irritating is that it starts media that you haven't asked it to and then you have to go in and change it. What a piece of crap. By the way, touting that 350 million have downloaded this program, since it is free, only drags on the profitability of the company. Real One makes money when you buy the server version. Speaking of making money, they haven't had a profitable year since 1999. Meanwhile, since then, they have managed to stick shareholders with over 200 million dollars in losses, with no end in sight. That's OK, though. Shareholders still value it at over billion dollars in market capitalization. Go figure! |
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