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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ericneu who wrote (31557)	11/3/1999 3:48:00 PM
From: RTev	Respond to of 74651

Earlier versions of the Windows Media Player could play Real formats. Thanks for the clarification, Eric. I thought I had the most recent one, but apparently not. Some odd setup glitch has kept me from upgrading to IE 5 and that's probably why I'm out of date on Media Player. Next time I'm in the NT admin account, I'll have to give IE 5 another shot. There are so many players of various sorts, I finally put a folder on my desktop to hide their individual icons. I have both Real players, Liquid Audio, QuickTime player, Media Player, an old WinAmp (which I won't upgrade since I prefer to avoid most things owned by AOL), and probably a few others that I don't remember. I enjoy watching and hearing the battle being waged on those fronts. Each of the products has its strengths and weaknesses, but all of them become far more useful with a broadband connection. I suspect it will only become more interesting as more folks get fast connections at home.