Microsoft Awaits Punitive EU Judgment
Talkback If you don't like WMP, run Real Player or QuickTime. I would second the other point that WMP is actually not a bad media player and that this also may have had some effect in its market share as well as the bundling with os
[March 18, 2004, 16:04]
Microsoft Awaits Punitive EU Judgment
Talkback If WMP wasnt bundled with Windows would we have to pay MS even more money to have the same as what we have now? ie £xxx.00 for Windows PLUS £xx.00 for WMP as opposed to the one price for the bundled lot?
[March 18, 2004, 20:09]
Media Player Row: Will The EU Read Between The Lines?
News In the case of media players, the EU is intensely interested in the assumption that when a default media playing technology, such as WMP, exists in Windows, end users will establish a preference for that media player.
[January 7, 2004, 11:45]
Pricing Scuppers Media Player-free XP
Talkback Since practically all the most popular films are American, plus practically all major web news sites and portals like Yahoo, Msnbc, Fox news et al are using WMP exlusively, how exactly does the EU propose to stop WMP from dominating?
[June 27, 2005, 23:17]
RealNetworks Cries Foul Over Microsoft Antitrust Case
Talkback MOST PEOPLE do not have the choice - since MOST PEOPLE (I actually carried out a survey of this over the last few days by calling a large number of my customers) do not know how to remove WMP and install a different media player.
[April 8, 2005, 17:15]
Wiping The Slate Clean For Windows
Talkback Just cos MS have IE and WMP on windows it does not stop me installing Firefox (im using it now) and real player! I agree with the last person.anyone else who disagrees is, in short, wrong.
[December 2, 2005, 14:27]
High Noon For Microsoft In EU Battle
Talkback They should just force Microsoft to include other players with XP or make WMP work with other codec’s. Why would anyone choose the version of XP that doesn’t come with a media player? I know if I was buying my first PC I wouldn’t like to have to...
[June 1, 2005, 14:23]
Top Ten Things Wrong With Zune
Blog Comment Their only chance will be a WMP vs Quicktime type scheme wherein ms disables iTunes in vista and makes zune the default player. I too fill my ipod with my own music ripped using the lossless codec. As far as RayCT goes, I run into folks like him...
[November 25, 2006, 22:29]
EC: A Q&A On The Microsoft Decision
News What happens if Microsoft does not disclose the specified information or offer a version of Windows without WMP within the deadlines outlined by the Commission? Is the Commission's case in line with US law as far as unbundling of the WMP is concerned?
[March 24, 2004, 11:20]
EC Gets Stuck In To XP Embedded
Talkback The Real problem for Real is not that WMP is free, it is that WMP is much better than their own spyware offering. Sorry but I have to say I am very happy that Microsoft provide the best Windows AV player Free with the OS.
[March 23, 2004, 9:57]
Microsoft Prepares Scaled-down Windows For Europe
Talkback This would seem like an important part of placing WMP on an equal footing with its competitors. In addition to lacking a copy of Windows Media Player, the new version of Windows won't be able to do things like play a CD.
[December 23, 2004, 11:39]
RealNetworks Fixes Security Glitches
Talkback WMP & Apple Quicktime are not perfect, but the choice is yours! So Real Player, the software download that arrives with its own fellow travellers within the download. From the earliest versions Real Player has always included various secretly...
[June 26, 2005, 20:12]
