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Re: [News] [Rival] BBC Used as Microsoft Marketing Machine (Again)

__/ [ [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?

,----[ Quote ]
| 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
`----

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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                ~~ Enjoying summertime

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