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Canonical Explains Decision to License H.264 For Ubuntu
tux writes with this snippet from The Register: "Ubuntu's commercial sponsor Canonical has tried to clarify how — if not why — it has licensed a closed-source and patented codec for video on PCs running its Linux. Canonical is the first Linux shop to have agreed to license the codec in question, H.264, from MPEG LA. Even though Red Hat and Novell are also available for use on PCs, they have not licensed H.264."
Wine all you want, open-source fanatics.
[Emphasis mine.] I think you meant whine. Oh wait, maybe you didn't.
If it weren't for deadlines, nothing would be late.
Try cracking a Microsoft joke. Something along the lines of Balmer throwing chairs. Maybe add in some insensitive clod, ???? Profit, and soviet Russia, end it with sfm4.@#$@ NO CARRIER
Does that mean we have to give up Hurd?
We can argue symantecs
Or, we could argue Nortons and McAffees.
... and then they built the supercollider.
When I request a Linux feature, the usual response is "go develop it"... If you want Ubuntu, and the WWW, to not have to use H.264, the solution is easy: develop something better.
The Cloud - because you don't care if your apps and data are up in the air.
Well duh... if you can't figure out how to add repositories or edit config files or use the command line, then you're too dumb and don't deserve to use Linux, and all of the amazing, high quality, well documented commercial software available for it - oh, wait...