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

To: Cesare J Marini who wrote (2777)	4/19/1999 11:30:00 PM
From: soup	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5843

Oops, that was the link for the Star Wars trailer. This is the correct link for "Apple Opens Up QuickTime". news.com ------------------------------- >Cesare J Marini: I just checked Apple's web site, and unless I'm mistaken, their streaming server only works on MacOS X Server. If Apple has any hopes of being more than a bit player in this market, they have to get themselves onto Unix and Windows NT; something that Apple has never been very good at.< Nuh uh. From the above mentioned ZDNET article : >Additionally, Apple has gained some sales support from IBM and SGI, who will be offering QuickTime streaming software on IBM's new VideoCharger multimedia server and SGI's WebForce MediaBase media streaming system, respectively. < ------------------------------- Also note that Mac OS X is Unix based: from Apple PR Apple Introduces QuickTime Streaming Server Software - The First Open Server for Internet Streaming Open Source and Mac OS X Server Versions Available; Leading Vendors Bring QuickTime-Compatible Servers To Market >QuickTime Streaming Server software is available as an update for Mac OS X Server, the Company's new server operating system, which combines the proven strength of UNIX with the simplicity of Macintosh. With the addition of QuickTime Streaming software, Mac OS X Server becomes a complete modern server operating system for the Internet. Mac OS X Server software can purchased for U.S. $499 and is also available bundled with a powerful Macintosh Server G3 for U.S. $4,999. * Key features of QuickTime Streaming Server running on Mac OS X Server include: * Ability to serve over 1,000 simultaneous audio and video streams at modem rate connections; * Simple licensing model, with no ‘per stream' charges; * Support for industry-standard RTP and RTSP streaming protocols; * Management tools allowing full administration of the server and comprehensive reporting on performance and throughput; * Easy set up, with simple installer available for download from (www.apple.com/macosx/server). < This is a sweet bundle for the money. ------------------------------- But your concerns are well taken, which is why AAPL announced today that they are opensourcing the QT Server code: >Darwin Streaming Server makes QuickTime Streaming Server technology available to Open Source developers. Utilizing Darwin Streaming Server source code, developers can build server products for any platform, with the ability to stream QuickTime content over networks—using the standard Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) protocols RTP and RTSP.< apple.com ------------------------------- Again, I'm not short RNWK [I don't have nearly the stones.] but I think this is critically important data for anyone holding this stock. And if I'm missing something, I'm sure people here will point it out.