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The Gillmor Gang

Dan Farber Vikram Dendi Kevin Foreman

Steve Gillmor, contributing editor, ZDNet Doc Searls, senior editor, Linux Journal Jon Udell, lead analyst, InfoWorld Test Center Dana Gardner, senior analyst, Yankee Group Dan Farber, editor, ZDNet This week's special guests are Vikram Dendi and Kevin Foreman of RealNetworks, Inc.. Some of the Gang members report from Linux World. (Doc says it's too much about what the vendors are doing. [clip] ) Vikram and Kevin discuss RealNetwork's plans to open source components of their Helix line of products. They're using two licenses: GPL for open source and a commercial license for manufacturers who can't be bound by the GPL. Jon continues to explain the need for random-access players and supporting URLs [clip] and standards and why he thinks players will ultimately become authoring tools. Dana weighs in on why multimedia has yet to catch on in the corporate world. Kevin explains that manufacturers are first adding music playback to handsets aimed at business users, not consumers. [clip] [You can also hear other editions of The Gillmor Gang.]

» Dinner with Miguel and the Seattle Mono User's Group (from Ted Leung on the air)

Miguel is in town for ECMA meetings, and the Seattle Mono user's group held a dinner in his honor. Since I was already in Seattle for some other meetings, I decided to drop by. We had some interesting dicussions on the quality of the Linux desktop [Read More...]

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