[Gllug] Real Player

[Richard Cohen]

On Thu, 13 Sep 2001, Jim Bailey wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I think you had better return to the site and and check again before you
> attack Real in righteous indignation, I found the Unix downloads in
> approximately 30 seconds.
>
> go to www.real.com follow the tab to realplayer, part way down the page
> are two links one to Windows and one to Real Player Basic 8 for other
> Platforms follow this and you a download form.

That page is *noticably* different in my Mozilla window at work, on Solaris,
this morning, from the page I saw last night in my Mozilla window at home on
Linux.  Last night, there was a single "Download RealPlayer Basic" link,
which sent me to a Windows binary.

If anyone's interested, they have a vaguely informative 'Unix support forum'
- apparently they're working on a new Unix version now, with a load of new
features...

> Peace Jim

Cheers
Richard

> On Wednesday, September 12, 2001, at 07:39 PM, Richard Cohen wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 12 Sep 2001, Xander D Harkness wrote:
> >
> >> Has Real Player done a deal with M$?
> >>
> >> I know that they were fighting earlier about being including in the next
> >> windows version.
> >>
> >> I have just gone to their site to download a copy of realplayer for
> >> Linux.  There is now no mention of the Linux version.  It specifically
> >> only mentions Mac and Windows.
> >
> > I can send you a copy if you need one, but you're right - the Linux (and
> > Solaris, for that matter) versions seem to have vanished.  In fact, it
> > seems
> > to be worse than that - when I click on the RealPlayer Basic link (the
> > free
> > version), I get a Windows binary!
> >
> >> I am just pondering whether they dumped mentioning Linux as part of the
> >> negotiations.
> >
> > It's probably worth asking *them* that.
> >
> >> cheers
> >> xander
> >
> > Cheers
> > Richard
> >
> >
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