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Miscellaneous => Applications => Topic started by: Doctor V on 23 July 2002, 10:24

Title: Helix! Real to go open-source!
Post by: Doctor V on 23 July 2002, 10:24

http://www.helixcommunity.org/ (http://www.helixcommunity.org/)

A new powerful blow to M$ and their diabolical attempt to domintae the digital media industry.  Go open source!

V

Title: Helix! Real to go open-source!
Post by: choasmaster on 23 July 2002, 10:48

yeah, now just another opensource compiter to the darwin streaming server, i never got it to work

Title: Helix! Real to go open-source!
Post by: choasmaster on 23 July 2002, 10:49

then agian, may the best win/*obvoisly not microsoft*/ damned flood control

Title: Helix! Real to go open-source!
Post by: Master of Reality on 23 July 2002, 10:50

why didnt you just edit your previous post?

Title: Helix! Real to go open-source!
Post by: Master of Reality on 23 July 2002, 10:50

Or are you trying to cath up to me in posts?

Title: Helix! Real to go open-source!
Post by: Master of Reality on 23 July 2002, 10:51

no flood control for me?

Title: Helix! Real to go open-source!
Post by: Master of Reality on 23 July 2002, 10:51

just to prove it

Title: Helix! Real to go open-source!
Post by: Doctor V on 23 July 2002, 11:48

Well, they are claiming that by years end they will have an open source client, server, and encoder.  Its supposed to support all available major streaming formats, and run on winblows, mac and *nix.  What this means to end users is that they can download one client that will cover all straming media types, as opposed to winblows media player which can't play real or quicktime.  Being open source will also likely make it advance more quickly than WMT, and be far more stable, and resistant to viruses (not like Realplayer isn't already).  People will simply have no reason to use WM player anymore, exacpt for the fact that it is bundled with the OS they use.  And there's even a snowballs chance in hell that the result of the current anti-trust case will eliminate such bundling.  It will also completely release content providers from dependance on M$'s WMT.  Oh, I think this will hurt M$.

V

Title: Helix! Real to go open-source!
Post by: Kintaro on 23 July 2002, 12:16

Yes if your dead sexy like me and the other mods you have no limit or flood control by the looks of things.

IM DEAD SEXY LOOK AT MY SEXY BODY!

Title: Helix! Real to go open-source!
Post by: TheQuirk on 24 July 2002, 02:40

I need to bleach my eyes.   (http://tongue.gif)