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To: Dan Fleuris who wrote (24046)	4/15/1999 9:55:00 AM
From: rhet0ric	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 213177

" ...that the QT4 feature set overlay Real Networks and given Real Networks value what was Apple considering to bring that value out in its own company... " RealNetworks (RNWK) has one product, RealPlayer, a device for providing streaming video and audo over the Internet. RealNetwork's market cap is greater than Apple's. Yet Apple has a product, Quicktime, that is about to be upgraded to version 4. Version 4 will have the capability to stream over the Internet. Quicktime is already cross-platform, and is the market leader in quality non-streaming video. It will probably be announced at the upcoming National Association of Broadcasters conference. Anyone who has used both RealPlayer and Quicktime will tell you that Quicktime is a much higher quality product. The question was: what will Apple do to price the value of Quicktime into the company's value? (When we compare Apple with boxmakers, we should remember that it is more than a boxmaker. Quicktime, MacOS 8.x and X client/server, Final Cut, AppleWorks, etc., differentiate Apple and add high-margin value to the company as a leading software maker). rhet0ric