This is actually a really important story, and we'd have put it higher up the Daily if it wasn't so dull. Real Networks have announced a worldwide settlement of its long running and costly antitrust disputes with Microsoft. As I remember it, Real argued Microsoft abused its dominant position in the wacky world of PCs to give its Windows Media Player an unfair advantage over everyone else's multimedia systems, and especially Real's. Anyway, that's all settled, and Real has now entered into three partnership agreements with Microsoft worth an about $761 million which will see the two companies working together on certain technical and digital media / music projects. So, well done them.
Oct 12, 2005
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Real settles antitrust disputes with Microsoft
RealNetworks has settled its long-running antitrust disputes with Microsoft worldwide, entering three partnership agreements worth around $761 million.