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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. Re:I WAS thinking this was a good idea by Dixie_Flatline · · Score: 5, Informative

    This is an excellent comment! It was just as good when *I* posted it YESTERDAY on the original thread here.

    Couldn't you have at least tried putting a different sig on it?

  2. They turned a profit. by jared_hanson · · Score: 5, Informative

    According to their quarterly report, which was released earlier this week, the iTunes music store did make a small profit. I don't think details were released as to how much of a profit, but they did say it was.

    Presumably, the more they can grow the user base of the store, the more money they can make on it. Allowing Real to set up shop in their turf with their tools would only likely decrease the user base of their store.

    Real just wants a free ride, but Apple wisely won't give it to them.

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