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To: jay byars who wrote (502)	4/4/1998 2:50:00 AM
From: volatile1	Respond to of 5843

Agreed Jay. To expand one of your points, with RNWK's nearest competitor (probably MSFT, who has to turn to RNWK to check on a file format...see posts #484 and #485) so far behind and RNWK chugging ahead nicely, by the time high speed internet access is available for more people RNWK will most likely still be #1, or bought out for a LARGE amount.

To: jay byars who wrote (502)	4/4/1998 2:56:00 AM
From: volatile1	Respond to of 5843

RE: today's stock movement... It was up nicely AGAIN this morning, but pulled back later in the day. It was even down 7/8 at one point before bouncing back strongly in the last few minutes. I think that many people who wanted to get out did so and it had resistance to more profit taking at the 36-37 range. To me that's good to see. I have a chunk that I'm still sitting on since the IPO. No matter how insane the PE or any other valuations may seem, the future for this company doesn't just SEEM bright...it IS bright!

To: jay byars who wrote (502)	4/5/1998 8:52:00 AM
From: Mike McFarland	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5843

Regarding RealNetworks product versus Microsoft's Vxtreme I have a couple questions. First of all, Jay asked somebody on the thread <Have you run Real products over T1 / T3 connections??> I wonder, is it significantly better than Vxtreme? I have seen the Digital Jam video off of cnnfn's web site, it uses Vxtreme, and is not too good, it displays a little 1.5" wide box, the video is very jerky and low resolution-- I haven't played with it much (the T1 being at work) and I wonder if the settings can be changed for higher quality. Is realvideo any better, I'm sure I have seen a realvideo streaming video, and I would remember it if I had been impressed. The only streaming video I am very impressed with is DirecTV...so know you all know what a crock I think all of this is--if T1 PC video sucks, well there you are, I would expect web content to zip through my dish better than video through my modem... Okay okay, regular television broadcasts are not "on demand", who cares? Set your VCR for crying out loud. (FYI, I noticed in the March 13 Puget Sound Business "Big Deals" insert that Microsoft had aquired Vxtreme for $75 million in August 1997, that is what got me started into cruising around SI looking into all of this...) Here is an interesting link zdnet.co.uk "Microsoft announced the launch of NetShow v3, due this summer and confirmed it will not be compatible with the near-defacto audio application, RealPlayer 5 from RealNetworks - formerly Progressive Networks. NetShow v2 was compatible with RealPlayer, but Microsoft is sketchy about its reasons for changing direction." and finally, a link which will take you to the Intervu thread--I have not yet read thru the thread, but it is a starting point for any newbies to streaming video like myself. Message 3755004 Oh here is one more link newbies should read: news.com I wonder if the interlaced/progressive discussion applies to the sort of video which comes over cable and dish, or is this just a PC thing? If broadcasters switch to progressive does that mean it is easier to compress, or does that mean it is easier to embed data into the feed. If I remember right, there is also a blanking interval in video broadcasts in which data can be carried, could somebody who knows about all this please elaborate? Looks like investing in this area is full of risk... Thanks, Mike