Re: Windows Media Player to be ported to Linux

[Hugo Gayosso <hgayosso gnu org>]

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Be careful on supporting proprietary software!!


http://linuxtoday.com/story.php3?sn=15937&showcomments=flat

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- - Subject: hmmm.. just like promised IE for UNIX (Jan 31, 2000, 22:50) (Reply)
 Will this ever see the light of day? Probably not. Will they cripple it so
Linux users will never want to use it (do Mac users *want* to
 use a CPU hog like Netshow/MediaPlayer??). Yep.

 However, by making a" UNIX" version of Media Player, Microsoft can go to all
these radio stations and leverage Real Audio out of
 the picture. Microsoft is subsidizing the cost of free streaming tools with
the Windows and Office Tax.

 Many sites insist on supporting Real Audio *because* it is crossplatform. Now
this is a way for Microsoft to release an unfinished
 beta and put a check next to that feature.

 Betas have a tendancy not to be finished, like with MS ChromeEffects and other
"crossplatform" technologies. 

 I can't wait till Shoutcast has been merged into the Mozilla codebase. I never
thought Mozilla would make it this far, really...

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On 02-Feb-2000 Marty Leisner wrote:
> 
> This is a real pain.
> 
> There was an alpha I got several years ago...but it doesn't support
> anything around now.
> 
> I'm really frustrated with commercial sites which have windows
> media play and not realaudio.
> 
> Microsoft doesn't do it for the same reason office doesn't run on
> other platforms -- they want to sell platforms
> (the platform business accounts for a very large part of microsofts
> product).
> 
> I'd be interested if there is a mailing list which "reports"
> sites which use WindowsMedia and not realaudio (lots of sites support
> both).  Then the readers of the list would "complain" to the site
> administrators.
> 
> Is there an opensource solution solution for streaming media?
> I'd be interested.
> 
> Marty Leisner
> 
> 
> Brian Sea <sea@umr.edu> writes  on Wed, 02 Feb 2000 07:57:22 CST
>      > On Wed, Feb 02, 2000 at 07:54:10AM -0600, Daniel Hauck wrote:
>      > > I just read on http://www.Linuxworldexpo.com that there is a
> Microsoft plan
>      > > to port its Media Player to Linux.  Anyone else aware of this?  I
> think some
>      > > gnome developers should volunteer their services to be sure MS does
> it right
>      > > (which is 'better than under windows').  I think it would be strange
> for
>      > > them not to write a dialog box saying "the sound resources are in
> use but we
>      > > can still play sounds!"
>      > > 
>      > > 
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>      > 
>      >  MS has been saying that a UNIX port was "right around the corner" for
> about 2 
>      > years now, so dont hold your breath.  This implementation will be 
>      > closed-sourced, so I doubt gnomers wil be able to help
>      > 
>      >   It would be nice though.
>      > 
>      > Brian Sea
>      > sea@umr.edu
>      > 
>      > 
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