As I remember it. Streaming radio and later streaming video over the internet started with Real Player. At that time they were way ahead of competition. It took MS quite some time to provide streaming media and catch up, And RP wasn't slow then (to the standards of that time).
After that you got Real Jukebox to manage your music and video collection. The MP from Windows 3.1.. could just open and play files on your pc.
Later RP got to be a kludgy, slow, kind of adware or maybe even spywareapplication. (They must have tried too make money that way.)
MS could fund the development of WMP to what it is now out of the money they made on their OS. And because it was allready bundled with the OS, nobody was going to pay for RP. Given MS monopoly on the OS-market, the question is, if that was fair.
"Finally, Real Media (also mentioned in TFA) doesn't have a leg to stand on. Their product is inferior to their competitors' products in every way"
Real Media has been way ahead of WMP. But they've never been able too make any real money with their product, because MS started to bundle WMP with Windows. So by lack of funds they couldn't keep up. (Same story with Netscape.) That's why their product is now inferior. And that's exactly the point.
"Another thing I notice about windozers is they most tend to use one app at a time"
True. After years off using Linux I'm still surprised, that I can have so many appliciations open on the 4 virtual desktops, without any problems with speed and stability. Under Windows I'm still used to close down applications all the time, because otherwise I'll get into trouble. If I can keep OO, my pim (I use Kontact), a console with mpg123 and a browser with a lot of tabbed windows open on different virtual desktops, I'm not complaining about speed.
But it's true, if you click on a spreadsheet, while OO is not started, it takes some time.
Doom3 (Legacy Doom for 1 and 2), Quake4 (3 and 2), RTC Wolfenstein, Wolfenstein ET, Unreal Tournament 2004 (and 2003), all have native Linux-clients, just to name some well-known games.
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As I remember it. Streaming radio and later streaming video over the internet started with Real Player. At that time they were way ahead of competition. It took MS quite some time to provide streaming media and catch up, And RP wasn't slow then (to the standards of that time).
After that you got Real Jukebox to manage your music and video collection. The MP from Windows 3.1.. could just open and play files on your pc.
Later RP got to be a kludgy, slow, kind of adware or maybe even spywareapplication. (They must have tried too make money that way.)
MS could fund the development of WMP to what it is now out of the money they made on their OS. And because it was allready bundled with the OS, nobody was going to pay for RP. Given MS monopoly on the OS-market, the question is, if that was fair.
"Another thing I notice about windozers is they most tend to use one app at a time" True. After years off using Linux I'm still surprised, that I can have so many appliciations open on the 4 virtual desktops, without any problems with speed and stability. Under Windows I'm still used to close down applications all the time, because otherwise I'll get into trouble. If I can keep OO, my pim (I use Kontact), a console with mpg123 and a browser with a lot of tabbed windows open on different virtual desktops, I'm not complaining about speed. But it's true, if you click on a spreadsheet, while OO is not started, it takes some time.
Neverwinternights, Simcity 3000, Myth II, Robin Hood.
Ofcourse tons of free puzzle board, card and arcade-like games, which I don't care for too much.
This one is nice : http://www.uplink.co.uk/ You get too play a hacker.
Doom3 (Legacy Doom for 1 and 2), Quake4 (3 and 2), RTC Wolfenstein, Wolfenstein ET, Unreal Tournament 2004 (and 2003), all have native Linux-clients, just to name some well-known games.