Musical chairs: RealNetworks makes overture to Apple
RealNetworks is feeling squeezed in digital music and wants Apple to open its iPod to other software. But could the multimedia pioneer instead be pushed into a partnership with longtime enemy Microsoft?
By CNET News.com Staff
April 15, 2004 1:55 PM PST
RealNetworks is feeling squeezed in digital music and wants Apple to open its iPod to other software. But could the multimedia pioneer instead be pushed into a partnership with longtime enemy Microsoft?
Real's scramble points to isolation
Powerful strides by Apple and Microsoft point to the digital media pioneer's need for alliances.April 15, 2004
Will iPod suffer fate of the Mac?
Apple critics again take aim at the company's "go it alone" strategy--but CEO Steve Jobs seems comfortable with risks.April 15, 2004
Jobs to Glaser: Buzz off
perspective CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says that if RealNetworks' CEO wanted to threaten his opposite number at Apple, he should have avoided using e-mail.April 15, 2004
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Microsoft's long-playing business record
Have courtroom battles become just another business expense for the software giant?April 13, 2004
Real's reality
special report Net pioneer RealNetworks' tussle with Microsoft over streaming-media software is just one of a string of hardships the company has had to face in its 10 years in business.March 4, 2004
Apple's diplomatic core
special report As the Macintosh celebrates its 20th anniversary, the iPod may define the company's new era of an open strategy.January 23, 2004
By CNET News.com Staff
April 15, 2004 1:55 PM PST
RealNetworks is feeling squeezed in digital music and wants Apple to open its iPod to other software. But could the multimedia pioneer instead be pushed into a partnership with longtime enemy Microsoft?
Real's scramble points to isolation
Powerful strides by Apple and Microsoft point to the digital media pioneer's need for alliances.April 15, 2004
Will iPod suffer fate of the Mac?
Apple critics again take aim at the company's "go it alone" strategy--but CEO Steve Jobs seems comfortable with risks.April 15, 2004
Jobs to Glaser: Buzz off
perspective CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says that if RealNetworks' CEO wanted to threaten his opposite number at Apple, he should have avoided using e-mail.April 15, 2004
previous coverage
Microsoft's long-playing business record
Have courtroom battles become just another business expense for the software giant?April 13, 2004
Real's reality
special report Net pioneer RealNetworks' tussle with Microsoft over streaming-media software is just one of a string of hardships the company has had to face in its 10 years in business.March 4, 2004
Apple's diplomatic core
special report As the Macintosh celebrates its 20th anniversary, the iPod may define the company's new era of an open strategy.January 23, 2004