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Apple Rejects RealNetwork's Pleas

Posted by michael on from the suck-on-this dept.

TheJoKell writes "In a followup to a previous article, Apple has denied a meeting with Rob Glaser, Chief Executive of Real Networks, to discuss an alliance between the two companies. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Steve Jobs said, 'The iPod already works with the No. 1 music service in the world, and the iTunes Music Store works with the No. 1 digital-music player in the world. The No. 2s are so far behind already. Why would we want to work with No. 2?'"

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  1. Mod me down if you must, but... by Gothic_Walrus · · Score: 4, Funny
    "In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Steve Jobs said, 'The iPod already works with the No. 1 music service in the world, and the iTunes Music Store works with the No. 1 digital-music player in the world. The No. 2s are so far behind already. Why would we want to work with No. 2?'"

    It may be overused, but if there was ever a situation where the word PWNED was called for, this is it...

    Jobs just PWNED Real!

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    Goo goo g'joob.
    1. Re:Mod me down if you must, but... by eclectro · · Score: 5, Funny


      Buffering.....Buffering....PWNED....Buffering... .

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      Take the cheese to sickbay, the doctor should see it as soon as possible - B'Elanna Torres, "Learning Curve"
    2. Re:Mod me down if you must, but... by CeramicNuts · · Score: 4, Funny

      Jobs just iServed Real.

    3. Re:Mod me down if you must, but... by JudgeFurious · · Score: 3, Funny

      Does this mean "It's on"?

      Oh wait, nevermind. I forgot the rules on that.

      If Jobs "iServes" Real then Real's "been iServed"
      If Real "Serve One's" him back THEN "it's on".

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      Appended to the end of comments you post. 120 chars.
    4. Re:Mod me down if you must, but... by Have+Blue · · Score: 3, Funny

      Maybe that should be Xserved.

  2. Work with #2? by Progman3K · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sounds like crap.

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    I don't know the meaning of the word 'don't' - J
    1. Re:Work with #2? by niko9 · · Score: 2, Funny

      /english accent/Who does #2 work for?!?!?!/english accent/

  3. Re:humptf, jobs is getting wrong again :P by gkuz · · Score: 4, Funny
    Can't we please leran to get a bit humble?

    Jobs? Humble?

    "You must be new here"

  4. Not rejected yet by orthogonal · · Score: 5, Funny

    Apple Rejects RealNetwork's Pleas

    Actually, the headline here overstates it. Technically, Apple has not yet rejected Real's pleas.

    Apple sent the following message to Rob Glaser:

    "In response to your request of the 15th, Apple's categorical response is [BUFFERING] ... [BUFFERING]."

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  5. What would this guy do with real? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    All his caps would be worthless.

  6. Re:I WAS thinking this was a good idea by bug_hunter · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think the idea was if some of the cool kids on the block such as Apple agree to talk to Real, then the bullies will stop throwing garbage at Real during recess.

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    It's turtles all the way down.
  7. Re:Good... by joe_bruin · · Score: 5, Funny

    "The No. 2s are so far behind already. Why would we want to work with No. 2?"

    funny, that's why we say when people ask us to port our software to MacOS.

  8. Re:Didn't NEXT say this to Microsoft? by hekal · · Score: 2, Funny

    Gates is developing for NeXT.. Office for OS X. :)

  9. Windows is number two by tepples · · Score: 3, Funny

    Mac OS is "second place in market share." Windows OS is number two. There's a difference.

  10. Really its not mine!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    That's not my Sweedish Penis enlarger... It's not mine!

  11. Re:Good... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Hey now, don't insult the penis pump spammers.