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Date:      Thu, 14 Dec 1995 17:03:27 -0800 (PST)
From:      Jaye Mathisen <mrcpu@cdsnet.net>
To:        Stephen Hocking <sysseh@devetir.qld.gov.au>
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Realaudio Server for FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSD/.3.91.951214170154.20414G-100000@schizo.cdsnet.net>
In-Reply-To: <199512150023.AAA03049@netfl15a.devetir.qld.gov.au>

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On Fri, 15 Dec 1995, Stephen Hocking wrote:

> 
> >>After some fussing around with the RealAudio people, they eventually told me=20
> >>last month there would be a port of the RealAudio server for FreeBSD machines.
> >>It was with great joy I found out at their web page that it was coming indeed
> >>for version 2.0... This is good news, since the old BSDi version didn't dumped
> >>core under the compatibility mode...
> >>
> >>Just though someone would be happy to know this :-) I know I am...
> >>
> 
> 	Of course, NAS is functionally equivalent as far as I can work out,
> and is already available for a number of platforms including FreeBSD & Linux.
> Why bother?


Because a vast majority of the users out there accessing an ISP from a 
windows box could give a rats ass about NAS, but the poor ISP needs a RA 
server to feed them their audio.

It's all about understanding the market.  Note that he was referring to 
the RA Server, not a client, which isn't available under any unix accept 
IRIX as far as I know.



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