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MS Silverlight To Stream Obama Inauguration Events

Posted by kdawson on from the open-to-most dept.

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.

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  1. Re:So much for a tech savvy Whitehouse. by Rasta_the_far_Ian · · Score: 1, Troll

    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.

  2. Would you be willing to pay increased tax by coryking · · Score: 1, Troll

    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?

  3. Contact the DNC right now! by stonewolf · · Score: 1, Troll

    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

  4. Re:Kids these days... by coryking · · Score: 1, Troll

    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?