> - Finish the port from Xsun to Xorg Xserver, including on Sparc. > - Virtual Terminals support which is in the works > - Complete the SunAudio to OSS migration. > - Make further progress with Project Indiana (e.g. provide the sorts > of tools that Linux users expect like autoconf, automake, libtool, > etc.). This is also in the works, obviously. > - Media codec support (MPEG, encrypted DVD, WindowsMedia, etc.). If > not directly in the OS, at least users should be able to buy and > download plugins from somewhere (e.g. Fluendo). > > I think it would be great if Sun gave these sorts of tasks a bit more > priority and started to seriously consider the desktop market. It's > not > high margin like selling mainframes, but I'd think Sun could make a > serious > competitor to Microsoft and Apple if we wanted to.
I'm surprised that Sun can't get access to those windows codecs under the agreement which Sun and Microsoft signed. Matthew _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
