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Technology Stocks : RealNetworks (NASDAQ:RNWK) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: playallday who wrote (496)	4/3/1998 6:25:00 PM
From: jay byars	Respond to of 5843

Microsoft owns about 10% of RNWK. They are limited (purchase option) to a 23% ownership in RNWK. Also, the DOJ has been looking at Microsoft to try to determine if MS is trying to monopolize the Streaming Industry. I think Microsoft if walking lightly because of this inquiry, and other inquiries into it's actions. Keep in mind as well that MS liscensed RNWK's code at one point, but I don't think that new code is owned in any part by Microsoft. I could be wrong about the last part...I'll try and do some research. Hope this helps.

To: playallday who wrote (496)	4/4/1998 2:21:00 PM
From: Scott Patrick Adams	Respond to of 5843

"Why did RNWK just buy the company that made production software?" VIVO had some tools sets for the Mac that REAL did not have and great talented people (they all moved to Seattle.) Another interesting point here is that there are some smaller companies out there that have both talent and products. RNWK has another advantage over Microsoft right now in that Microsoft may want to buy some of these companies but can't becouse of the DOJ investigation on MS's buying/investing in all of them. RNWK can run around MS vs. DOJ and buy companies like VIVO where as Microsoft would be extremly visable. At this point Microsoft may be willing for a long time to let RNWK take more controll over this area and just license the stuff from RNWK. This situation could be very simular to the Microsoft/Citrix relationship that Citrix won out on Big Time. Wish I could Playallday - Good Luck