On Sunday 29 July 2007 09:13, Sunny wrote: > > So, as you have made the first step, make the rest - mail yahoo and > complain that their streams are broker (or not working properly under > linux), and file a bug report at mplayer-hq.hu, so the guys behind > mplayer can investigate the problem. > > Cheers > > -- > Svetoslav Milenov (Sunny) >
Sunny: I have written to Yahoo and even spoken with several in their "Customer Service" chain and I can assure you and any others reading this that they generally don't give a rat's ass about Linux, as they are firmly in bed with Microsoft. As for filing a bug report with mplayer support, good idea. The reason that I use a VM is that I want to be able to see the content provided on those "proprietary" sites now, not months later after mplayer gets re-coded. Of what use are hits from linux machines if those systems cannot play the content? I appreciate the spirit of dedication of forwarding the Linux cause but in this case I chose a more pragmatic approach. I have the tools; to not use them because they are not Linux is, in my opinion, wrong. Please understand also that I have been using Unix/Linux since the mid 1980's, systems admin and all that. For that matter, I was importing Apple II clones from Taiwan in 1980 and was using CP/M based systems before that. My current business requires that I be fluent in most Windows versions as well as their common software offerings. As you can see, I am well aware of the various facets of the computing game. I am not, repeat not, a wild-eyed idealist about anything, especially computers and I am of the firm opinion that you use the best of what's available to get the job done. If that means a Windows program, then so be it. Now, in order to not piss off the self-proclaimed list police, any replies to my little diatribe should be under a new thread subject, otherwise the thread will have been "Hijacked" and we wouldn't want that. Fred -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
