-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 17 September 2004 14:21, Andrea Vettorello wrote: > > Like it or not, if we want to get people to consider using an OS other > > than Windows, it's going to have to be possible for them to use tools > > that are compatible with what they're used to. It isn't realistic to tell > > a potential Linux user to get the website to change the way they're > > sending data - we have to be able to tell them how to receive what the > > website is sending. > > You are beating a dead horse here. I've forgot to mention that mplayer > to play WMV files use an hack that has a lot of drawbacks. It uses > some windos .dll's to achieve compatibility, so it's probably not > legal and for sure works only on x86 architectures. > > Don't expect the situation to change soon, this is the microsoft old > tactic to lock-in users...
And they are *SO* good at it. :( We are near the point that we can get people away from Windows.. I find many people like OOo better than MSOffice. Gimp is every bit as good as Photoshop. The list goes on. It's the *LITTLE* things that cause the problems, though. Crossover allows MediaPlayer to run under Linux ... but it shouldn't *HAVE* to. Until and unless this does change, it's a barrier to selling a superior system. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBS0kgjeziQOokQnARAg2sAJ9Oq4cYSVVpR9S1mqm2DRscUBOw6ACePQD5 /ij++dTaXBMB44PJ+qNtDt4= =QlRe -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
