Linux Not Supported For Democratic Convention Video

bucketoftruth writes "If you browse to the Democratic Convention website and attempt to check out any of their upcoming streams, you bump into the following limitation: 'We're sorry, but the Democratic Convention video web site isn't compatible with your operating system and/or browser. Please try again on a computer with the following Compatible operating systems: Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista, or a Mac with Tiger (OS 10.4) or Leopard (OS 10.5). Compatible browsers: Internet Explorer (version 6 or later), Firefox (version 2), or, if you are on a Mac, Safari (version 3.1) also works.'"

Comments

Doesn't matter to me

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm not going to the website anyway.

Most Linux users are going to write in Ralph Nader anyway right?

Re:Doesn't matter to me

[Anonymous Coward]

Quite possible, and the McCain camp is still trying to figure out what Linux is, and if it is a threat to national security.

Re:Doesn't matter to me

[AceofSpades19]

No, I think the McCain camp is still trying to figure out how to turn a computer on, let alone the different operating systems

Re:Doesn't matter to me

[lorenlal]

They should get a hold of Ted Stevens. He knows alot about computers and networking stuff.

Re:Doesn't matter to me

[smittyoneeach]

No, no, McCain fondly remembers the neighborhood Linux salesman going door to door, selling those shiny new models.
He does admit some confusion as to when the company name changed from 'Electrolux', though chalks it up to some re-org that happened during his tenure at the Hanoi Hilton.

Re:Doesn't matter to me

[ImpShial]

What the hell does Cat Stevens have to d......oh. TED. Nevermind.

Re:Doesn't matter to me

[Anonymous Coward]

>>They should get a hold of Ted Stevens. He knows alot about computers and networking stuff.

Yeah. The only man who looks for CAT-5 in plumbing.

Re:Doesn't matter to me

[findingmaemo]

I hate to let this go any further, but the bronze age didn't have digital computers. I think they used bronze punch cards. Gee I can't wait for the youth of tomorrow to cannibalize us all. At least they'll know how many houses they have. They can keep track using emacs or vi.

Re:Doesn't matter to me

[geminidomino]

I don't even know what analogy to come up with in comparison. Car analogies are welcome ;)

Like the lead engineer at Ford saying that brakes could be removed as a cost-cutting measure?

Re:Doesn't matter to me

[Jah-Wren Ryel]

"an Internet was sent by my staff"

Clearly not at his most lucid, but it's obvious that he meant "email".

Seems to me he just thought Al Gore was on his staff and could create an internet anytime he wanted to.

Obama hates linux!

[Daimanta]

Vote McCain/Whoever 2008

Re:Obama hates linux!

[eclectro]

Vote McCain/Whoever 2008

The evil of two lessers?

Re:Obama hates linux!

[Daimanta]

Well, he is the bigger evil. The bigger and the better evil(I mean, he could be the devil's great-great-grandfather).

That's why he gets my vote. Because Obama is a lesser evil and I don't like to vote for lesser.

Re:Obama hates linux!

[The Grim Reefer2]

Well, he is the bigger evil. The bigger and the better evil(I mean, he could be the devil's great-great-grandfather).

That's why he gets my vote. Because Obama is a lesser evil and I don't like to vote for lesser.

If you take that thought to it's conclusion, I believe you'll find a preferable candidate here: http://www.cthulhu.org/

Re:Obama hates linux!

[Alsee]

Vote McCain/Whoever 2008

Finally! A VP candidate with no bad positions on any of the issues!

Well hell, we should just skip waiting for McCain to drop dead of old age for the VP to move up to president. Whoever is the better half of that ticket! I say we just elect Whoever as President in the first place!

Who's with me? WHOEVER FOR PRESIDENT! Hell yeah!

-

Re:Obama hates linux!

[OldManAndTheC]

Cthulhu combines Obama's uncanny, compelling allure with McCain's enormous lifespan. A voice you cannot resist, from a being that was old when the world itself was young...

On the other hand, if Cthulhu is elected, it won't be because we wanted to vote for him -- it will be because he wanted us to vote for him.

Re:Obama hates linux!

[ncc74656]

Turd Sandwich FTW!

Giant Douche! :-)

Re:OS Related?

[Anonymous Coward]

Since invention of flash video we are free from unnecessary plugins and related burden.

Right, because Flash is free software, so it works with every current OS and browser.

I just realized

[Anonymous Coward]

Don't blame me. I voted for Hitler.

Re:OS Related?

[SanityInAnarchy]

Since invention of flash video we are free from unnecessary plugins

Plugins like, oh, I don't know, maybe, FLASH?!

Hah!

[the eric conspiracy]

We're sorry, but the Democratic Convention video web site isn't compatible with your operating system and/or browser.

Phew. That's a relief.

Re:Who Cares??!!!

[Naughty Bob]

Anyone considering watching these things have their minds made up, and are just joining a circle-jerk.

Ever joined a jerk-circle, Anonymous Coward?

Thought not.

They're fun, and stopping people from taking part is not cool.

Re:OS Related?

[setagllib]

"Since invention of flash video we are free from unnecessary plugins"

*headexplodes*

So what?

[4D6963]

So what? You're gonna vote for the candidate whose website supports Linux? Pfft, how silly. I'll only choose my candidate based on their web server's OS.

In 2008 vote for the candidate whose server runs FreeBSD!!

Re:So what?

[lorenlal]

You must be new here.

Those elitist snobs!

[olddoc]

They want me to pay for my operating system??

Oh well, I think I have windows installed in a PC in one of my seven houses....

Re:Tech Savvy Convention

[Paladin128]

Really? If it were the "most technologically-savvy event" wouldn't it at least make an effort to support ALL operating systems

Damn right! If it doesn't work on either my Amiga 5000, NeXT cube, or BeBox, Obama's DEFINATELY losing my vote!

Protecting chidlren from the RIAA?

[Roger W Moore]

It specifically says that he believes in protecting children from porn and the RIAA's War on Sharing, but NOT 'prescriptive' legislation like Net Neutrality.

Well two out of three isn't bad. Children should be protected from all three: porn, the RIAA war on sharing and prescriptive legislation like net neutrality.

Re:use this with VLC

[R3d M3rcury]

Except it's the no-sound version.

You say that like it's a bad thing...

Re:Tech Savvy Convention

[convolvatron]

obviously the best technical solution is that which requires minimal investment, is an open standard, and available to the largest number of platforms with the least additional per platform support cost.

the most technically savvy event would use moving ascii art, and it would be sweet

Re:Priorities

[Spatial]

I agree completely! The options are mutually exclusive, when you think about it. The concept of a 'Download this video' button on a website with streaming video is utterly ridiculous -- nay, utterly impossible. That would require some kind if 'hyper' linking technology, a ludicrous fantasy in a world with browser-embedded video players such as ours. They don't care what the cost is, those damn those Linux nerds will ruin the Internet for all of us normal folk!

"considering his experience"

[commodoresloat]

In other words, given his experience being tortured in Vietnam, he's very familiar with what it feels like trying to get Linux installed and running on your computer.

Re:"considering his experience"

[commodoresloat]

Heh, who said I could install Windows?

Just try to email them about it

[theolein]

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From: xxxxx xxxxx
Date: 26 August 2008 11:07:39 GMT+02:00
To: info@demconvention.com
Cc: news-tips@nytimes.com, letters@washpost.com
Subject: How much did Microsoft pay you?

Hi,

at http://www.demconvention.com/dncc-video/ clicking on the link asks me to install Microsoft's Silverlight plug-in in order to view the videos streamed there. Given that around 90% of the world's computers already have Adobe's Flash plug-in installed which is the basis behind sites such as youtube, etc (and, yes it does do HD video and streaming), and about 0.1% of the world's computers have Microsoft's Silverlight technology installed and that Flash works on all browsers on Windows, Mac and Linux (and most mobile phones), one really has to ask oneself what incentive Microsoft gave you to get you to use their technology, and how one can square that incentive with the claim that the Democratic Party is a party with a platform aiming to avoid the stain of lobbying and corruption?

One also has to ask oneself how and why a supposed convention interested in reaching out to as many people as it can is using technological means that almost guarantee a smaller audience than using existing ones.

I've already written to a number of newspapers, including the NYT and the WashingtonPost, alerting them to this.

I would truly love to hear what you have to say about it.

Regards

xxxx
xxxx
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Re:So what?

[polar red]

Linux is a multi-headed hydra

I thought it was a pinguin. Maybe we can come to a compromise; can someone paste a few heads onto Tux ?

for real irony

[alizard]

the "Linux not supported" error message is delivered by a Linux server.

From netcraft:
Linux Apache/2.0.52 Red Hat