__/ [ [H]omer ] on Thursday 07 June 2007 01:42 \__
> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>> 'Your Britain in Pictures': Microsoft Live Labs Photosynth Delivers a
>> Unique 3-D Interactive Experience
>
> "Windows XP SP2 and Vista Only
>
> The Photosynth technology preview runs only on Windows XP SP2 and
> Windows Vista.
>
> If you feel you've reached this message in error, you can try anyway"
>
>
http://labs.live.com/photosynth/unsupportedos.html?collection=BBC/Ely/index3.sxs&st=coll
>
> BBC subscribers are funding this "collaboration" with Microsoft, even if
> they don't want to, and even if the end results are completely
> inaccessible to them.
>
> This should be illegal.
It gets worse. Originally, Photosynth was a Linux application. Microsoft took
over the company and gave Linux the finger.
Photosynth for Linux?
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| This is the demonstration video of Photo Tourism which was later
| transformed into Microsoft Photosynth (Wikipedia). Now, you'll find
| it difficult to disagree with me when I say this is a great product.
| It just has that "cool factor".
|
| However, the Photosynth website says at the system requirements: Only
| Windows XP SP2 and Windows Vista RC1 or later are supported at this
| time. However, the video I showed above clearly shows it running on
| Linux (take a look at the titlebar of the web browser or the "add
| annotation dialog"). This could mean two things:
|
| 1. Microsoft deliberately decided not to support Linux
| 2. Microsoft may still want to make this available for Linux
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http://xubuntublog.wordpress.com/2007/03/02/photosynth-for-linux/
Comments that followed (from the developers) confirmed that it's (1). Sweaty
acquires and eliminates.
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