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To: ioioioi who wrote (200)	7/17/1998 2:26:00 PM
From: marginmike	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1260

Actually an employee of RNWK highly recomended bcst to me. I wont pay these prices though.

To: ioioioi who wrote (200)	7/17/1998 2:34:00 PM
From: Jon Tara	Respond to of 1260

Like NSCP with browsers, I don't think that players are where it is at for RNWK. Companies like BCST pay plenty for RealNetwork servers, and they pay by the stream. (Not just a flat price per server!) A 400-stream license, for example, goes for $21,595, plus $8,635/yr for support. Here's the full price list: real.com Yes, ads ARE the promise of content providers and portal site. The problem is, nobody has figured out how to actually make money on them yet. If you project out far enough, yes you can project profits. But to get there requires VERY deep pockets, which is why I think there has been a move aggregation into the traditional media and telephone companies. They have deep pockets.