adamxentcom adam rifkin tenuous time microsoft gartenberg said time microsofts history seen trying real netscape rrrrrrriiiiiight httpwwwnytimescom20020722technology22realhtml july 22 2002 realnetworks poses challenge microsoft john markoff san francisco july 21 significant challenge microsoft realnetworks plans announce new version software monday distribute audio video range formats including microsofts proprietary windows media new software intended large media companies corporations need send audio video data customers employees variety different formats realnetworks acknowledged possible company might incur microsofts legal wrath nevertheless rob glaser former microsoft executive founded realnetworks progressive networks 1994 said believed strategy good microsoft consumers rational way respond would say great said would microsoft future mr glaser said company based seattle developed version microsoft media server software comes windows operating system said realnetworks engineers studied data sent microsoft media server software windows media player program recreated technology needed play files microsoft format method created socalled cleanroom version meaning developers built transmission software without knowledge underlying program microsoft adopted similar strategy several junctures mr glaser said reverseengineering technologies like netware postscript javascript different times microsoft executives said company currently licensed windows media player technology variety companies including yahoo realnetworks america online unit aol time warner microsoft executive said cleanroom copy windows server technology could lead quality performance issues kind hard speculate technology see said dave fester general manager windows media division company licensed server software added would need look see theyre realnetworks appears endeavoring avoid netscaped reference fate befell netscape communications corporation microsoft decided make internet browser pioneered commercially netscape standard part windows operating system netscape later acquired aol time warner microsofts decision build internet browser windows give away additional cost led directly bitter antitrust lawsuit brought justice department 1997 realnetworks pioneer market streaming media desktop personal computers growing pressure microsoft giving away server windows media player program part operating strategy realnetworks also faces challenges apple computer offers quicktime media player part macintosh os x operating system sells fullfeatured player moreover recent months macromedia inc makes flash animation software used many web sites added video capabilities technology making potential rival realnetworks gambling proliferation different standards formats video audio media corporations make content available internet flock single system supports multiple types data company trying shift focus competition pc desktop server according analysts several analysts said realnetworks shift strategy could put microsoft defensive real got experience sophistication pull said richard doherty president envisioneering market research consulting firm based seaford ny open new horse race companies engaged technology war rapidly increase power quality media players time competed programs placed desktops personal computer users realnetworks claims 700000 subscribers pay services perceived increasingly vulnerable according analysts microsoft included media player part windows operating system dominates pc market dozens data formats playing audio video internet dominant ones realaudio realvideo realnetworks quicktime apple windows media microsoft industry digital movie standards mpeg2 mpeg4 microsoft realnetworks currently locked close race desktop media player leadership first quarter year according survey data collected jupiter research market research firm based new york realnetworks realone player 291 percent share media players microsofts windows media player 282 percent share apples quicktime player third 122 percent new server software realnetworks part version companys media server introduced monday called helix universal server realnetworks said would offer performance data based test financed independent testing service keylabs indicate helix software conditions deliver four times speed windows media server microsofts operating system software servers programs run powerful computers send streams digital information many computer users simultaneously news conference scheduled held san francisco realnetworks also expected announce plans make helix software available part strategy known community source make possible realnetworks partners competitors take advantage original programmers instructions realnetworks announce range partners including hitachi hewlettpackard ibm deutsche telekom nec nokia cisco systems oracle sun microsystems palm texas instruments others partners could incorporate software hardware software products licensing strategy companies able freely gain access underlying code helix program based still pay licensing fee sell commercial products based technology communitysource approach software pioneered sun distribute java programming language variation upon original free software opensource approach confounded software industry recent years opensource software freely shared restrictions communitysource approach restrictive yet still tries persuade others collaborate add innovative ideas large technology companies including sun ibm apple adopted variations opensource strategy varying results suns case company criticized java become industry standard company principal financial beneficiary many cases realnetworks trying strike balance opening technology persuade others participate innovate losing control technology entirely mr glaser said think weve struck balance well said analysts said strategy shift realnetworks likely shake industry moment youve opensourced something youve cornered competitor said matthew berk analyst jupiter research date stuff proprietary opening makes accessible creative gifted programmers come wild stuff companies never considered mr glaser said expected companies produce technology would rival realnetworks commercially result communitysource strategy one possibility companies sun ibm could decide add helix technology realnetworks standard component operating systems although realnetworks might get significant financial benefit arrangement could contribute making helix software de facto industry standard mr glaser said struck upon idea making media server software open source visiting executive nokia worlds largest cellphone maker taking stuff beyond pc huge motivation us said realized nokia interested deploying software technology many 30 40 different types phones realized realnetworks enough programming talent support effort told dont think enough engineers even guys willing pay us said touched search alternative way two companies cooperate httpquickencomcom21001023945406html real takes opensource route jim hu staff writer cnet newscom july 22 2002 155 pm pt realnetworks monday unveiled new opensource version streaming media technology supports multiple file formats audio video including use microsofts windows media technology new campaign dubbed helix first reported new york times marks one ambitious moves companys history realnetworks simultaneously releasing technology without permission plugs microsofts competing software raising hood much software technology open source developers anyone else wants look twin moves raise risk lawsuits renewed competition potentially even redmond washbased microsoft gets look hood realnetworks technology marks dramatic potential way company watching market share diminish regain momentum support across industry many players remain skeptical microsofts power bold move part real said michael gartenberg research director analyst firm jupiter research shot fired real fired directly redmond move latest series strategic twists turns made realnetworks one companies survive direct microsoft competition years company expanded paid subscription content business software streaming media infrastructures increasing pressure microsoft deemed multimedia one major drives latest versions windows operating system reals helix announcement mainly involves technology allows media files move place place internet realnetworks microsoft produce servers allow video audio streamed content company cnn nbc personal computer real charged software microsoft given away free april realmedia reached 17 million athome viewers compared windows media 151 million apple computers quicktime 73 million according nielsennetratings work windows media drew 122 million unique viewers compared realmedias 116 million quicktimes 5 million reals new product called universal server allow one server stream reals technology microsoft files apple computers quicktime others competing products support competitors technology different platforms different protocols gets unmanageable realnetworks rob glaser said highglitz press conference san francisco announcing product lot technology breaking bottlenecks making convergence really converge make new product compatible microsoft files however company pursued risky strategy known reverse engineering developers examine competitors product see works try create something works like glaser said engineers worked entirely clean room environment meaning access actual microsoft code simply copied code could liable patent infringement resulting product simply mimics way microsofts files sent across networks allows windows media player receive file companies sued simply copying competitors code putting products realnetworks says worried microsoft lawsuits took precautions development clean room environment microsoft engaged kind legal reverse engineering analysts say microsoft still faces antitrust lawsuits position sue case tenuous time microsoft gartenberg said time microsofts history seen trying real netscape influential giant certainly mondays announcement acknowledges microsofts influence media technology something glaser real often loathe microsoft quick spin mondays announcement validation strength marketplace admission realnetworks important support windows media leading player among home work users said michael aldridge lead product manager microsofts windows digital media division aldridge added realnetworks currently licensing agreement media player support windows audio video formats however realnetworks microsoft agreement allow server deliver windows media formats end users realnetworks trying aldridge declined comment realnetworks replication microsofts technology addition new product real promised give away source code much underlying technology streaming media stops short actual file format codec provide opensource community companies powerful new tools build streaming media players software glaser said wouldnt initially make software code mimics microsofts streaming available considering idea first chunk code underlying realnetworks multimedia player software released 90 days code including basic functions streaming media server encoder released end year company said companys plan reveal source codethe basic instructions underlying softwareechoes similar moves made netscape communications defend microsoft march 1998 netscape took bold step opening source code allow software developers help create next generation popular browser james barksdale ceo netscape said move would allow company tap virtually unlimited developer talent pool instead effort evolved mozillaorg project hit considerable roadblocks microsoft overtook netscape market share adamxentcom sig double play done great job teams work around clock deliver security fixes problems arise responsiveness unmatched industry leader must better going forward must develop technologies policies help businesses better manage ever larger networks pcs servers intelligent devices knowing critical business systems safe harm systems become selfmanaging inherently resilient need prepare kind software make happen must kind company people rely deliver bill gates httpzdnetcomcom21001104817343html problem soap tries escape web interface deliberately attempts suck mostly deliberately trying supplant cgilike applications rather weblike applications simply waste time folks say http allows ive seen used common cgi script thought sucky cgi scripts basis good web architectures wouldnt needed gateway interface implement order soapng succeed web protocol needs start behaving like part web means among things stop trying encapsulate sorts actions objectspecific interface needs limit objectspecific behavior situations objectspecific behavior actually desirable using uri basis resource identification therefore part web smtp roy fielding httplistsw3orgarchivespublicwwwtag2002apr0181html httpxentcommailmanlistinfofork mon 22 jul 2002 230010 0700 pdt nyt 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