The most surprising part of this story is that RealNetworks is still in business. What a horrible piece of software, on the server and the client side.
They're still around for 2 reasons: patent holdings and content networks. RN holds some patents that are still used in a lot of software and makes revenue from licensing fees. They also own content networks and make money by selling advertising on them, similar to what AOL is now.
Patents and spam. Still, it's a step up from their video "product".
When I saw the headline, I thought "Real is still around?"
For sure! not just alive, but alive enough to actually be a dick to somebody!
I passed by it while walking around Seattle and did a double take.