Boy, this question is really flirting with the line. Real has become one of those companies that geeks put in the catagory of "wouldn't piss on if they were on fire". How are they trying to fix those mistakes? Cutting the price isn't enough when people feel tainted for even using your product.
Man. That was so close. The thing about these question with celebs is, you need to phrase it in a question. Kinda like jeopardy. You would have won the question for sure! Just write it something like;
Who would I piss on only if they weren't in a fire?
and then Rob Glaser gets to answer. Good luck, I hope you get mod points.
And also, how do you feel regarding RealAlternative for MPC?
Also, how do you really plan on setting yourself apart and being more linux-USER friendly? Most, if not all people who use linux I know also use Real Alternative for MPC on their Windows machines/partitions as opposed to the actual Real Player.
Apparently I'm playing the role of Real advocate today. Regardless, have you tried out RealPlayer 10?
No, I haven't. My question regarding the linux-user friendly was sort of more along the lines of the fact that Linux users (ie, geeks, nerds, whathaveyou) tend to be more discriminating when it comes to things like spyware, and thus, they use RealAlternative for MPC.
In fact, I'm indifferent towards Real. If they want to add spyware or anything like that, that's their choice. I choose not to use th
RealPlayer 10 for Linux is a completely stripped-down version based on gtk2 which contains no extra bloat or spyware (that I've seen anyway). The windows version seems to come with the usual kind of embedded-browser-in-my-media-player bloat, but that's easy to disable, and regardless it doesn't install anything but the actual RealPlayer.
RP10 for Linux is honestly really nice. It's got a very minimal GUI, it's quite snappy, and in general they've addressed most of the points that Linux users have had over the years. Basically the only one that I can see remaining is that you still can't "Save as..." on any realmedia. Oh, and there's still the "send connection-quality data to Real" option which you can disable if you want. The new release was pretty much geared towards Linux users who had been fed up with RealPlayers of years past.
What's it like (Score:2, Interesting)
When the line between troll and insightful blurs (Score:5, Insightful)
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I'd only piss on them if they weren't on fire.
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Man. That was so close. The thing about these question with celebs is, you need to phrase it in a question. Kinda like jeopardy. You would have won the question for sure! Just write it something like;
Who would I piss on only if they weren't in a fire?
and then Rob Glaser gets to answer. Good luck, I hope you get mod points.
Re:What's it like (Score:2, Interesting)
Also, how do you really plan on setting yourself apart and being more linux-USER friendly? Most, if not all people who use linux I know also use Real Alternative for MPC on their Windows machines/partitions as opposed to the actual Real Player.
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No, I haven't. My question regarding the linux-user friendly was sort of more along the lines of the fact that Linux users (ie, geeks, nerds, whathaveyou) tend to be more discriminating when it comes to things like spyware, and thus, they use RealAlternative for MPC.
In fact, I'm indifferent towards Real. If they want to add spyware or anything like that, that's their choice. I choose not to use th
Re:What's it like (Score:4, Informative)
RP10 for Linux is honestly really nice. It's got a very minimal GUI, it's quite snappy, and in general they've addressed most of the points that Linux users have had over the years. Basically the only one that I can see remaining is that you still can't "Save as..." on any realmedia. Oh, and there's still the "send connection-quality data to Real" option which you can disable if you want. The new release was pretty much geared towards Linux users who had been fed up with RealPlayers of years past.
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