Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3397 mails)

[Anders Johansson <andjoh@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday 06 April 2005 15:09, Ken Schneider wrote:
> <rant>
> Do you remember when M$ wanted to put DRM in the PC hardware so that
> they (M$) could control what was installed/played/looked at? It appears
> that that idea has hit the circular file cabinet and now there is
> another way to fight linux, multimedia support. Take away multimedia
> support and how many people will go back to windows to get it.
> Those of us that live in the US need to write our reps in Washington but
> I fear it will do no good. M$ has done a good job of paying off
> (lobbying is the term they actually use here) our reps to their
> advantage. Take away multimedia and get them ( the users ) to go back to
> M$. Why is it that M$ can play ALL multimedia formats ( music and DVD )
> but it is not allowed (legal) on linux, especially DVD playback?
> </rant>
>
> Sorry for the rant.

First of all, which version of windows can play DVDs out of the box? None of 
the ones I've tried could. I had to get third party software to do it.

Secondly, the only thing removed from 9.3 is mp3 support, and there will be a 
solution for that before it hits the stores