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Windows Media Player 9 for Mac OS X Available

corsa writes "I found Windows Media Player 9 for Mac OS X on Microsoft's site today. I downloaded it and have it running under Panther. It seems to play WMV9 files, at least the few I've tried so far."

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  1. if it doesnt work for porn... by redwood2 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I downloaded this this afternoon and every chunk of porn I threw at yielded the same results:
    mozilla launching to a page about media rights or something...
    hmmmm...

    It has since been deleted.

    Cig? Don't mind if I do...

  2. Re:Ultimate in Downgrades by Artifex · · Score: 3, Funny
    I've already downloaded and installed this and it is without a doubt one of the worse releases of a piece of software I've seen.


    Wow! So it's like Quicktime for Windows?

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    Get off my launchpad!
  3. Re:Die, die, die by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Have you tried copying a 17 meg file while it is playing?

  4. Re:Ultimate in Downgrades by 1010011010 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Office X. I haven't heard bad things about that, yet.

    Stupid filename-length limit.

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    Napster-to-go says "Fill and refill your compatible MP3 player", which is a lie. It's not MP3. It's WMA with DRM.