On Wed, 5 May 2004 15:27:57 -0700 Aron Smith disseminated the following: > > You bring up a good point. Xandros, Libranet, Mandrake, all the 'not free > > as in beer' distros, trumpet their ease of use, including their support for > > proprietary formats like RealOne, Flash, etc. and proprietary software like > > MS Office and such. > > > > Should GNU/Linux even be heading down that path? Esp when there are > > perfectly useable open formats and standards that could be promoted? Next > > thing you know you have a distro like Suse, which apparently now installs > > without any way to play DVD's, telling the user that it's somehow not > > 'legal' to play DVD's on Linux, yer supposed to buy into some 'licensed' > > software. Linux starts implementing DRM and such, and I'm off to FreeBSD, > > man. > > > > As RMS put it: > > > > "A non-free program is a predatory social system that keeps people in a > > state of domination and division, and uses the spoils to dominate more. It > > may seem like a profitable option to become one of the emperor's > > lieutenants, but ultimately the ethical thing to do is to resist the system > > and put an end to it." > I just want a Portable jukebox that works with my linux boxen. > i think that the manufacturers or being very *Stupid* to cut off > a market that is growing every day. A good example of rectral-cranial > Inversion is a lot of radio stations are using streamaudio which only works > with the windows media player and internet explorer. Stupid Stupid Stipid
One notable exception, comes in perfectly with just the basic RealPlayer: http://www.airamericaradio.com/ ...bunch of lefties, must be smarter than the...er...others. :-D But ya, didn't someone point out on here the iRiver player will support OGG and works well with Linux? -- JoeHill RLU #282046 / www.orderinchaos.org 19:08:00 up 22 days, 4:08, 3 users, load average: 0.17, 0.35, 0.32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Microsoft Palladium: The world is a fearful place (because we allowed it to be by introducing vulnerable designs followed by clueless security initiatives) so let us fix it for you. --Cringely
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