On Fri Jun 13 08:54:46 2008, Brian Butterworth wrote: > 2008/6/13 Fred Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > On Thu Jun 12 19:45:49 2008, Brian Butterworth wrote: > > > 2008/6/12 Fred Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > On Thu Jun 12 07:35:20 2008, Brian Butterworth wrote: > > > > > 2008/6/12 Dogsbody <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > > > > What strange install allows RealPlaer but not Flash? > > > > > > > > Er, free software ones. > > > > > > > > > http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/alternates/ > > > > > > has > > > > > > Linux x86, Solaris, Pocket PC and HP-UX versions as well as Windows > > > 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista and MacOS/X > > > > So? They still aren't free. > > > They don't cost anything at all to the consumer. That's "free" is the > prtacicable sense. RealPlayer is, if you mean free-software, is much less > free. > > Anyway, Flash is now "free" in the sense you mean, isn't it?
I mean free as in freedom <http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html>, in which case neither Flash nor RealPlayer are free. But I can still play Real streams using free software. Fred - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
