“RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser has survived longer than most in the Internet business, largely by pulling rabbits out of his hat when the competition least expects it,” John Borland writes for CNET News. “News.com spoke with Glaser late Monday about the company’s vision of a Rosetta stone for digital music and his relationship with his opposite number at Apple, Steve Jobs.”
Full Q & A, which makes out Glaser out be the rotund patron saint of interoperability and music freedom, here.
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