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Turbolinux Licenses Windows Media 9
spike-288 writes "According a press release, Turbolinux is the first major Linux distributor to license and ship a media player capable of streaming Windows Media audio and video. The new product, "Turbolinux 10 F..." is based on Turbolinux 10 Desktop but will also include licensed versions of Macromedia Flash, legal commercial DVD playback (via Cyberlink's PowerDVD player), RealPlayer 8, commercial Kanji fonts and iPod support via gtkpod (including enhanced functionality)." Update: 04/28 02:33 GMT by T : Prostoalex adds "The Windows Media codecs for Linux will be available for download for $64, the complete TurboLinux OS will cost $150 in Japan and the United States."
Let me guess. You are and academic? You see, us programmers who don't have rich parents and don't want to live in our parents basement need to get paid for our work. I hate M$ as much as the next guy but attitudes like yours will hurt rather than help the linux cause. Proprietary software has it's place. Don't like it? Move to cuba. I hear they are still communist. Proprietary software is not necessarily evil. If you want linux to succeed on the non-geek desktop, you will have to give us programmers the ability to earn a living. Open source and proprietary software can live together if you have "open standards". Sorry to burst your bubble. The "give away stuff for free and think of a business plan later" dot com era ended a few years ago.
Jesus was a compassionate social conservative who called individuals to sin no more.
What's with you people? Get off your butts and get jobs. You cannot be a "professional student" forever.
There is no such thing as a free lunch.
Jesus was a compassionate social conservative who called individuals to sin no more.
So? Why do you care so much. If you don't like it leave. Maybe you can hang out at one of those MS worship sites where everybody loves windows hates linux. Lots of those around too you know.
evil is as evil does
Doesn't that just burn you up that there are Linux users out there watching RealNazi(TM) media on their Linux boxes without having to suffer your RealSpyware(tm), RealAdverts(tm), and RealSpam(tm)? ;-)