Rob Glaser
Rob Glaser
Rob Glaseris the founder of RealNetworkswhich produces RealAudio, RealVideo, RealPlayer, and Helix, among other products and services. Before founding RealNetworks, he had become a millionaire by working for Microsoft for ten years...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth16 January 1962
CountryUnited States of America
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While our profit was substantially enlarged by the Microsoft antitrust settlement, our core businesses also contributed to that profit.
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Consumers should say, 'Apple, we won't buy your music until you make your DRM interoperable,'
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We are not immune to the current market environment for Internet-related spending, and we've made adjustments to our near-term growth expectations. At the same time, we remain highly confident in our fundamentals, leadership position, and long-term prospects.
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We do a lot of business with Microsoft, we talk to them all the time, we do advance disclosures and all that, but there's no specific contract negotiation right now,
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As we're rolling out to the stakeholders who make the decisions as to how to deploy the networks, ... their response has been hugely positive.
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That's most fun ? that, and seeing how the medium changes people's lives, are probably the two most exciting things about what I do.
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This fascination with the convergence of media and technology -- that's something that's compelled me for probably 20 years,
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I think all this stuff, ultimately, is going to blow over, ... Once the record companies make their collections available in a reasonable way, from an economic standpoint, consumers don't have to choose between not downloading or downloading illegally.
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Our two growth businesses have been music and games so if you could do acquisitions that accelerate that I wouldn't rule it out.
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My view is that the opportunities in front of us are very good, and we'll continue to more than hold our own on the PC.
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There's the growth of bandwidth, and that is a fundamentally positive trend for us, because it allows us to deliver better and better experiences.
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In terms of technology trends, a new operating system like XP makes a big difference. It makes the PC more stable and robust, so you can be running background tasks as your PC operates effectively as a hub or a server in your environment. Those are positive dimensions of a new operating system.
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In terms of market dynamics, just look at the broadband trend and the growth in the wide range of devices. I wouldn't say we're going into an era where PCs are irrelevant, and I certainly wouldn't say that to PC Magazine, but I think we're going into an era where the PC is just one of a number of important devices.
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