Comments on: Sun Developer Channel: 15 minute video on Ajax

By: Bradley

Bradley — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 14:35:48 +0000

Jim, I definitely suggest that you e-mail the Sun people: webcast_support@sun.com

They can probably better help you with your issue. I wrote a brief letter with my thoughts and a link to this article, and a friendly developer responded with very good insights as to why Real is in use.

Good luck.

By: Jim Ascroft

Jim Ascroft — Sun, 05 Feb 2006 14:35:29 +0000

Hi There,

I am interested to watch the Sun Developer Video on Ajax. I work with Mac OSX and use Safari as my browser. When I tried to watch the video I get a request to download a Real Player plugin which seems to be a trial version of their player.
Having had a bad software experience with Reals products in the past is their any other option to watch the video ?

Regards

Jim .

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By: Bradley

Bradley — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 02:52:30 +0000

Anyway, I spawned the Real topic not to knock the RealPlayer. I don’t criticize those who think it sucks, either. Real Alternative is also great solution that I use frequently.

My point was that Sun is deploying Real video. To me that’s like Microsoft deploying QuickTime.

Does anybody have an intelligent perspective on why Sun might go this route? I’m more interested in why, from a business perspective, this move is logical.

By: Ted Smith

Ted Smith — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 20:26:12 +0000

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A record number of mobile phones were shipped last year, and analysts and investors are now saying that the promises made 10 years ago about the potential for the wireless economy are truly being realized. Still, some of the foremost investors and analysts tell United Press International’s Wireless World that they are nervous that the United States may not maintain its competitive edge in the global information economy unless certain changes are made — by federal policymakers and business leaders — soon.

“There is enormous innovation in our economy — no doubt,” said James Melcher, founder of the New York City-based hedge fund, Balestra Capital Management, in an interview with Wireless World. “It’s incredible. But there are problems. Why are countries with only 40 percent of the world’s population (e.g., China) graduating ten times as many engineers and scientists as we are? Why are our schools pumping out so many lawyers? There is no value-added in legal work.” By Gene Koprowski

By: John

John — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 17:04:33 +0000

Boy, no kidding about Real. The silly video konks out part way through and then it takes forever to get back to where it konked out. Happens half the time with things in Real format. For usability, it should only be used for very short items. Of course, this is a general problem with streaming video. Ajaxian got it right: let the user download the content, and play it–without konking out–at the time of their choice.

By: wooyay

wooyay — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 14:48:29 +0000

quit whining and install mplayer – http://mplayerhq.hu

By: Mario

Mario — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 07:02:00 +0000

Real Player Alternative http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/1054136293/1
Plays real player without all the junk

By: Quirk

Quirk — Sat, 28 Jan 2006 20:21:50 +0000

Nothing ‘fun’ about a video when Real is involved. I second the ridiculous comment.

“Real has raised antisocial software to an art form.”

Real Player Sucks

By: cody lindley

cody lindley — Sat, 28 Jan 2006 13:52:21 +0000

O’hell no, I’m not investing my PC with the real junk. No way. I’m sure it’s a nice reel, but no way.

By: Bradley

Bradley — Sat, 28 Jan 2006 00:32:37 +0000

I was excited to watch this video, then I realized that I was missing the Real plugin.

What a content delivery strategy.

Shouldn’t Sun be delivering video via Java in the browser? Ala clipstream.com? Surely Java has a higher market penetration than RealPlayer… second only to Flash.

Sorry about being critical. It just seems kind of ridiculous. But then again, I’m not a Java developer, so perhaps I’m not in their target audience.

By: jaredmellentine

jaredmellentine — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 20:46:20 +0000

Who’s that weird looking guy on the TV screen? Looks like a nerd… =)