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Will Adobe Scream 'Anti-Competitive' in the Face of a Microsoft Attack?

On Dec 17 10:22 AM Srdjan Popovic wrote:

--> The problem with Microsoft was that the programs were bundled with operating system and pre-installed for users, who did not have the right to choose not to install them...

The interesting contrast to this thought is that for every one person who doesn't want Windows Media Player or Internet Explorer bundled with Windows, there are at least an equal amount (if not more) who DO want them bundled.

Real lost so much user base because their player was crap, pure and simple. If their product was worth installing and didn't load your computer up with all kinds of crap (they truly became the AOL of media players) then they wouldn't have lost their user base. I used to use Real Player and what they did to my computer made me swear off them forever.

Lastly, Silverlight is an "opt-In" package, you have to download it to get it. On Windows Update it's an optional package, not a critical update. In that respect it's just like Adobe Flash.

With regard to NetFlix using Silverlight for it's player, their own Customer Support people are saying "it just works". Which is what the customers actually want. Something that "just works".