By Jo Best
Published: Wednesday 18 August 2004
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Steven Jobs
Location
Cupertino, CA
Occupation
CEO
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Aw, poor Real -- they turned off the comments in their fake petition drive! They couldn't handle the truth, people can see that they are desparate, using hook or crook to try to get in on our innovation -- the iPod. Real is a has-been tech company. It's RealMedia has been bypassed by WMA and Quicktime, and its proprietary audio format is next to useless -- no one supports it, with free alternatives readily available. Now Real is making a last-ditch effort to sneak its way into Apple's technology, by copying the iTunes Music Store.
Guess what, Real: Our music store is a loss-leader for the purpose of selling iPods. Apple doesn't make money from online music sales -- and neither will you!
yup Real, and their software does suck. They need...
Anonymous
Aw, poor Real -- they turned off the comments in t...
Steven Jobs
The complainants are clearly Apple employees. Path...
Anonymous
Real Audio has employed proprietary tactics of suc...
Brian Carson
> The complainants are clearly Apple employees. Pa...
Anonymous
The main problem with the petition is that it is s...
Anonymous
iPods are not proprietary. You can load mp3s witho...
Anonymous
I don't get it?!?!? can't you just put any mp3 on ...
Anonymous
Real Audio has employed proprietary tactics of suc...
Brian Carson
apple wrote the best software
apple makes the b...
bruce p
mandrildesign.com/real.gif I think pretty much sum...
Ryutaro Murai
Nope, not an Apple employee here. I am however a M...
Zac
Apple has something like 4% of the personal comput...
Gord Tryon
Apple does the R&D. Real steals technology. They a...
Real Tech Thieves
Real, please go away. We don't want your spyware.
I_Hate_Real
Real sucks. Even on a T1 line their streaming vid...
Real Sucksbad
thot they were in de porn biz !!?? I use Real's Fr...
Anonymous
Looking around the web for a different take on thi...
Mark Koravich
The petition is actually bigger than ever :) I he...
Anonymous
Real software has been and will always be a 'money...
Anonymous
This so-called "war" is already over. What person...
J. Alec West
It's Apples iPod and their music store. So if you ...
David Bemis
- Apple uses reverse-engineering with Windows file...
Ben Bucksch
I will say this again. Was Real has done is Real w...
Bob Gould
Real accusing Apple of slowing innovation? Hah! Sh...
Ben Dover
Another thing to remmber is Xerox actually invente...
Anonymous
What the hell is a:
'money oriented-poorly engine...
Scot Land
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