IconoclasT wrote: ] Almost a thousand years ago, Canute the Great was the king ] of England, Denmark and Norway. As are most leaders, he was ] trailed by a retinue of hangers-on who praised him at every ] opportunity, often claiming that even supernatural feats were ] within his command. ] ] Canute grew weary of the hype and decided to cut it short with ] a graphic demonstration of the limit of his powers. He had his ] chair placed at the edge of the sea, and as the tide rolled ] in, he commanded it to stop. No luck, of course, on stopping ] the tide, but Canute managed to gain a respite from the ] clamoring of the crowd. ] ... ] In the meantime, however, RealNetworks is proving to be a real ] pain in Apple's side. In April, Real approached Apple about ] making the iPod compatible with Real's RealPlayer Music Store ] (RPMS). Request denied. This week Real announced the release ] of Harmony, a digital rights management translation service ] that will enable RPMS customers to play those songs on an ] iPod. ] ... ] Apple needs to recognize, as Canute did, that it can't stop ] the tide, and get back to ruling its digital music kingdom ] wisely. ] ] Excellent analogy... Steve Jobs' ego has dominated Apple's ] direction for a long time. Most of it has been dead-on w/ well ] timed choices and directions but I think he now needs to ] realize that to try to keep it all means to have none of it in ] the end. Good article, but Apple needs to get over itself already..... RE: Real vs Apple |