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MS Silverlight To Stream Obama Inauguration Events
Ilgaz writes in to let us know that we will have to install MS Silverlight 2 to watch the US President's inauguration online. Everyone running Mac PPC, Linux, and FreeBSD has been left out, as there are no working Silverlight 2-capable alternatives on these systems. Here is Microsoft's press release announcing the selection of Silverlight yesterday. Streaming of various events around the inauguration begins today at the Presidential Inaugural Committee site, which touts its "inclusive and accessible" coverage.
All hail the OB Me&$iah!
I'd go on a Vegan diet but the delivery time from Vega is too long. --brownkitty
Need to make noise about this in every public forum / newsgroup / polital meeting now.
From these events, it is obvious that the new administration either does not know about or does not care about the passion this community has for free ideals.
I shudder to think of any Microsoft friendly legislation coming before the new President - this is a clear signal that he will support MS over non-MS objectives.
How could an information so wrong have made it to frontpage?
http://silverlight.net/GetStarted/ there's a mac runtime.
No, you stupid fucktard, you can choose to use Silverlight if you want to use that website. They set the requirements for their own site--you don't like it, go elsewhere.
"You can either have software quality or you can have pointer arithmetic, but you cannot have both at the same time."
It's an open standard. You can go write your own implementation of it if you like.
It is free--zero cost. It's not Stallman-free, but Stallman is an idiot.
It's as inclusive as any web software is.
Conclusion: you're a fucking tool.
"You can either have software quality or you can have pointer arithmetic, but you cannot have both at the same time."
Are you willing to pay higher taxes to offer streaming in several formats? If yes, please go lobby the administration. If no, then would you rather they not offer any kind of user-friendly way to stream video? I would say "make it like youtube" is a critical requirement for the website.
Can you suggest a non-proprietary way to stream video ala-youtube on a web page? If no, then are you willing to spend your spare time to create a non-proprietary (defined however you wish) way to stream video content in a way that works on at least as many targets as Flash or Silverlight?
"It isn't open access. I'm running Linux and I can't use it. Therefore it is excluding me based on OS usage. I'd gladly use Adobe Flash (they make it for Linux)"
If you ran OS/2 or DOS 6 or windows 3.11 would be complaining about the lack of 'open access' as well?
If you run a system that less than 1% of all computer users have for multimedia purposes, expect to be disappointed from time to time.
If you toss out the concern over "safe patents", then by definition Moonlight is a safe alternative. It, and it's native AV codecs have probably as many patents as MPEG* and is probably just as safe. Why not spend your time working on getting Moonlight up to Silverlight 2? I mean hell, ffmpeg can handle Silverlight 2 codecs if compiled right, so I'd say it is a safe bet!
If you want to make this Stallman/FSFApproved Open-Source(tm) Free-Software(tm), then you can't just toss out the "patents are okay if I think they are safe". Thus you are stuck with Vorbis/Theora, and even then you might not get the Stallman Seal of Approval as Theora is based on VP3, which has a patent on it. Regardless of certification, neither have a way to be embedded Youtube style in a webpage.
PS: If it isn't Stallman/FSF Approved Open-Source(tm) Free-Software(tm), then I promise you that it will be a Slashdot story with just as many comments bitching about "Obama is not Open". Thus you *have no choice* but to use Vorbis/Theora, and I am only assuming that is Stallman Approved(tm). Dont like it? Welcome to open source politics.
Moonlight doesn't work yet and probably never will, you Microsoft fanboy douche.
Flash and Java work fine on any operating system with more than handful of users.
Silverlight doesn't.
Mod me down, my New Earth Global Warmingist friends!
I have already contacted the DNC about this and filed a complaint under their Civil Rights heading. http://www.democrats.org/contact.html
I asked them what they were thinking when the chose to support a convicted criminal organization (MS) over the freedom loving people of the US.
Email them *now*
Stonewolf
So I have an open source project for silverlight and post on the silverlight forums. Paranoid just a bit? Get a life dude. What have you done for open source?