Out the Window (WSJ)
Out the Window (WSJ)
Posted May 16, 2006 20:41 UTC (Tue) by zotz (guest, #26117)In reply to: Out the Window (WSJ) by zgoda
Parent article: Out the Window (WSJ)
"By default, having only a fresh installation of Ubuntu 5.10, you cann't listen to mp3"
Well gee, on all of the fresh installs of windows I have tried, you could not listen to an ogg vorbis file. And to my knowledge, there are no legal reasons stopping it. (They may be contractually obligated to not do so, but that is another issue.)
We are just in a chicken and and egg situation. I am trying to push the situation some by not doing as much free support for non-Free OSes and apps while doing more free support for the Free stuff. (Using free in both senses there.) It is part of the free market at work. (Is that another sense, or one of the first two?)
all the best,
drew
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http://www.ourmedia.org/node/187924
Bahamian Nonsense
Posted May 16, 2006 21:08 UTC (Tue)
by tjc (guest, #137)
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Posted May 17, 2006 21:55 UTC (Wed)
by petegn (guest, #847)
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i Would like to see you prove that comment if you can that is ..
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Posted May 18, 2006 6:50 UTC (Thu)
by lysse (guest, #3190)
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Out the Window (WSJ)
Well gee, on all of the fresh installs of windows I have tried, you could not listen to an ogg vorbis file. And to my knowledge, there are no legal reasons stopping it.
Maybe not, but there certainly are market forces in effect, since hardly anyone actually uses ogg vorbis. I'm pretty sure from the context of the article that the author is interested in playing files that he already has.
> since hardly anyone actually uses ogg vorbisOut the Window (WSJ)
*hunts in vain for the "ignore user" option*Out the Window (WSJ)