Microsoft and RealNetworks have settled,almost a merger.

[tinyvillager]

Don't mean to be all "farkish" or  "diggish" with my thread label but i found this interesting.
http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,1995,1869866,00.asp?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1869798,00.asp


I think this is good for the consumer.I feel sometimes information is restricted from some cause of the
media format selected and this will hopefully solve some issues.I wish hardware manufacturers would
follow suite.

[mouser]

as someone who has been a fan of Real for a while, i'm happy to see this got settled.