RNWK-MSFT: What About Apple?

The two head honchos didn’t say much about Apple in their joint press conference, when asked about Apple, here’s what they said (via News.com): ates and Glaser said the deal should help their companies compete against Apple.
“Apple does great products and has done a number of them in the music (space),” Glaser said. “At the end of the day, we think consumers want choice. We think consumers want openness…Over time–it won’t happen overnight–I think ‘open’ will beat ‘closed.'”

News.com II: Attorneys for both companies said there had been no specific trigger for the settlement talks, and denied that Apple’s continuing dominance had been a factor. “I don’t remember the word Apple coming up,” said RealNetworks General Counsel Bob Kimball…the deal could help push Apple toward offering its own subscription service, a business model that Jobs has criticized in the past.

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