Real sues Microsoft on antitrust charges

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RealNetworks yesterday filed a lawsuit against the software giant Microsoft for antitrust charges, accusing the 'Gates and the boys of illegally using its Windows monopoly to hurt its digital media rivals.

[blockquote]In the suit, filed in federal court in San Jose, Calif., RealNetworks alleges that Microsoft has "pursued a broad course of predatory conduct over a period of years...resulting in substantial lost revenue and business for RealNetworks."

The complaint adds that Microsoft has wielded its "monopoly power to restrict how PC makers install competing media players while forcing every Windows user to take Microsoft's media player, whether they want it or not."

In a conference call with reporters, RealNetworks General Counsel Bob Kimball said he believes the company's damages could exceed $1 billion measured in lost business stemming from Microsoft's actions. The suit also seeks injunctive relief to prevent "further illegal conduct" by Microsoft.
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panzerkw

yaaaawwwn....I hope Real enjoys making its attornies rich

EyesOnly

Who uses real anyway. Real alternative aka mediaplayer classic is far better.

GHoosdum

What RealNetworks needs to understand is that people choose WMP over Realplayer because Realplayer is a piece of viral-spyware infectious garbage that nobody with 2 brain cells wants on their PC.

Spinner

I still use Real Jukebox 2 Plus as my primary MP3 player, but I hate RealOne, and the only reason I still use Real Jukebox after all this time, is simply because I like and am used to the interface. There is no denying though, it's slow and terribly un-stable on anything but an NT based OS.

RealOne sucks the big one however, I only tried it once, when it was originally released, and it just blew up right in my face. WMP in my opinion is the fastest most stable media player, but I just don't like the layout for playing my massive library of MP3's. Oh yea, and WMP has a tendancy to be a little too fast, on MP3's that have music right from the get go, it cuts off about half a m/s off the start.

Thrax

Winamp plz.