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Glaser turns wrath on Apple, Jobs
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 00:14:45 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com> Date: December 6, 2005 10:11:36 PM EST To: undisclosed-recipient:; Subject: Glaser turns wrath on Apple, Jobs Glaser turns wrath on Apple, Jobs By Greg Sandoval Story last modified Mon Dec 05 18:10:00 PST 2005 SAN FRANCISCO--Rob Glaser has made his peace with Microsoft's Bill Gates. Now, the RealNetworks chief executive is turning up the rhetoric against another technology icon: Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs. At the Digital Living Conference here on Monday, Glaser told a packed hotel ballroom that Jobs & Co.'s refusal to make the iPod compatible with music services other than Apple's iTunes was "pigheadedness." Glaser also said that Apple's unwillingness to cooperate with other online music vendors promotes piracy of copyrighted materials and will eventually draw the wrath of consumers. These are heady times for Glaser and his Internet multimedia company, which announced in October that it had reached a favorable settlement with Microsoft on the $1 billion lawsuit RealNetworks filed in 2003. Under the deal, Microsoft agreed to pay $460 million in cash to settle the antitrust claims and will also pay $301 million to support RealNetworks' music and game efforts. In addition Microsoft will promote RealNetworks' Rhapsody subscription music service on its MSN Web business. Perhaps Jobs unknowingly helped RealNetworks and Microsoft find common ground. In 2004, Glaser appealed to Jobs to make the popular iPod compatible with other music services. Microsoft has long sought to strike partnerships in the digital-music arena to help it challenge Apple's enormous lead in the sector. Jobs responded by telling his shareholders that a deal with RealNetworks simply was "not worth it." Glaser didn't let that stop him. In July 2004, RealNetworks released a version of its music download service compatible with Apple's iPod--without the permission of Jobs & Co. Apple has called it "hacker tactics" but hasn't filed a lawsuit. Following Glaser's presentation he was asked whether Apple's unwillingness to allow others access to the iPod, the hot-selling digital music player, was hurting RealNetworks. ... http://news.com.com/2100-1027-5983354.html ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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