“Rob Glaser, chairman and CEO of RealNetworks, seemed a little miffed with Microsoft during the company’s Thursday second-quarter earnings call with investors,” Erica Ogg reports for CNET. “When it came time to discuss RealNetworks’ music strategy, Glaser opined that Microsoft’s decision to shift gears and brand both the Zune portable music player and service, which could hurt its former partners like RealNetworks, is unwise.”
“Glaser said, ‘We think this a case where our technology competitors, in this case specifically Microsoft, have literally thrown the baby out with the bath water.’ Therefore, he added, the move gives RealNetworks ‘a great opportunity to partner with a number of other companies who make excellent hardware and who are open to integrating tightly with our Rhapsody software platform,'” Ogg reports.
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“. . . have literally thrown the baby out with the bath water.”
Literally? Is there footage? Did someone call 911?
At least they put the knife away.
Robbed and PlayedForSugar too. Thanks, karma.
PlayedForSure!!!!! ROFLMFAO!
MDN,
Please, I’m eating breakfast (and it isn’t Krispy Kreme). What’s next, a full screen picture of Steve Ballmer?
And great take, too.
Glaser said that this gives them ‘a great opportunity to partner with a number of other companies who make excellent hardware..’. Yes, too bad that number is zero.
Is it possible that someone partnered with M$ and didn’t think they would be stabbed in the back at the first opportunity. Give me a break! If you sleep with turds you’re gonna get some stink on you!
“Leave it Rob. Leave it. Just come away. They’re not worth it”.
Hahahaha it’s so funny to watch the iTunes wannabes’ fighting over the scraps in the online music business.
Everyday more and more content is added to iTMS, more and more people are buying more and more content.
Apple is getting stronger and the rest can’t even begin to compete.
Well, Rob,
If you can pull yourself away from the Krisy Kreme store, maybe you could see that you were screwed from the beginning. Microsoft never intended for PlaysForSure to actually work with anything but their own piece of the industry, right? You couldn’t really be that dumb now, could you?
Oh wait, you did create your players and service. Sorry, my bad for thinking you had a brain…
bozo
S.
How dare M$ change their minds without consulting Rob first! Why, that’s not fair!
(Have another donut, Rob, it’ll make you feel better.)
“have literally thrown the baby out with the bath water”
I bet Glaser really hates
that. He looks like he would have rather eaten
the baby.
“GET IN MY BELLY!”
Can’t get a more succint MDN take than that.
Funniest take you have had in months. LMAO.
I still don’t really understand eactly what Real do or sell, can ANYONE enlighten me?
Hmm, I think they sell babies?
What?! Microsoft fully orificed another one of it’s minion partners? Nnooo…?
MacDailyNews Take: Rob Glaser, PlayedForSure.
Brilliant!
When you sleep with the devil, you are going to get f__ked sooner or later.
Still, Rob did say that Microsoft developing Zune to compete head-to-head with Apple might be “unwise.” Can’t argue with that part.
Off topic: The banner ads here at MDN seem to have gotten pretty major-label: Proctor & Gamble, CVS/pharmacy, Firestone. Some ad deal just came through…
(And my magic word is “followed.” With my forum name, I couldn’t not post.)
Ampar,
Knife indeed.
Zune default preferences:
Zune>Preferences>Parental>Sources:
Disable iRiver
Disable RealNetworks
Disable Creative
Locked to prevent further changes.
It does make sense for Real to partner with Sony, Samsung, iRiver and Creative,
Real makes the media software and supplies the download service. After all, no matter what you think of it, Realnetworks did develop RealPlayer, which was the #1 streaming music software/service before the players came on the scene.
Q: When is Vista coming?
M$ A: Origami
Q:When is Vista coming?
M$ A: Zune (soon)
more smoke needed. Vista is delayed again.
Q: When is Vista coming?
M$ A: Origami
Q:When is Vista coming?
M$ A: Zune (soon)
more smoke needed. Vista is delayed again.