Real says it's better

Here's an additional comment from RealNetworks spokesman Greg Chiemingo, as an addendum to this story from this morning's paper about the new MSN deal with Major League Baseball: "We love when our format gets to compete head-to-head because we have a superior format, and when consumers can see that and hear that for themselves, we are confident they will choose us."

RealNetworks is suing MLB Advanced Media to enforce a contract that calls for its format to be given equal treatment on the MLB.com site. RealNetworks also testified against Microsoft in the European Union case, alleging that Microsoft is abusing its Windows monopoly by bundling Windows media player with the operating system, to the detriment of competing technologies, including RealPlayer.