Windows Media is the best platform for streaming media right now. I agree that Real is too instrusive and "hijacks" your machine. It shows that they are getting really desperate in their fight against WM. The only problem that I've had with Windows Media is a lack of good security software for protecting the streams. Instead of using a referral authentication system like Real does, WM requires you to use Digital Rights Management which can be a real bitch to implement especially if you are working with a large quantity of files. After looking around for better solutions, we ended up creating our own customized security solution for WM and it has worked like a charm.
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