__/ [ B Gruff ] on Wednesday 16 August 2006 16:02 \__
> On Wednesday 16 August 2006 10:26 Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> It's the actual dates that make the headlines. All great news for Linux.
>>
>> Real to offer Windows Media on Linux by December
>>
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>> | Real Networks by December is preparing to launch a Linux version of its
>> | Real media player for Linux, enabling the users to play audio and video
>> | files in the Windows Media format.
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>> http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=35942
>
> See also:-
> http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/67481/index.html
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| RealPlayer and the Helix Banshee media player are currently available as
| part of SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10. The upgraded RealPlayer for
| Linux is slated for release in December 2006 and will be available for
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop subscribers via the Novell Customer
| Center.
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It still doesn't say what I am trying to find out: will it be available in
other distributions any time soon? I doubt this will be seclusive. It is,
after all, free proprietary software on a Free (GPL) platform...
This could be yet another gift from Novell (and Real, which spies on users by
default) to the Linux community.
> This is not good news for some, Roy - the wintrolls are having their staple
> Linux Rants chipped away at an ever-increasing rate:-)
As the face of it, few of them even read COLA, which is good. They may still
be subscribed (you see the occasional message), but there is no appeal.
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