Council of the EU Says "We Cannot Support Linux"

Posted by kdawson on Sunday December 31, 2006 @01:30PM from the penguins-need-not-apply dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Council of the EU has a streaming service so that we can watch its meetings — but the service can only be accessed by Mac or MS Windows users. This is because they employ WMV format for the videos. In the FAQ they express a really strange opinion about this: 'The live streaming media service of the Council of the European Union can be viewed on Microsoft Windows and Macintosh platforms. We cannot support Linux in a legal way. So the answer is: No support for Linux.' An online petition has been set up to create pressure to convince the EU council to change its service to one that is platform independent."

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Re:1str by LarsG · 2006-12-31 14:41 · Score: 0, Offtopic

trollr

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What ? by Xaero_Vincent · 2006-12-31 17:43 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Linux doesn't have any problems playing WMV files. I think MPlayer, MPlayer plugin, VLC, and Win32Codecs offer this. One could also use Windows Media Player with Wine or CrossOver Office.

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Regards, Vincent