Guest ndeb Posted April 22, 2003 Report Share Posted April 22, 2003 http://www.intervideo.com/jsp/Press.jsp?mo...ode=04-07-2003C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JaseP Posted April 22, 2003 Report Share Posted April 22, 2003 Not surprising. M$ is also porting their .NET technology to Linux in at least some limited fashion as well. Apparently, they see the handwriting on the wall to an extent... I envision a future, maybe 5 years down the road, where they port the Windoze GUI over onto Linux as the base OS... Apple did this with MAC,... It's only a matter of time before Windoze does it as well... It wouldn't be THAT hard, Wine does something close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glitz Posted April 23, 2003 Report Share Posted April 23, 2003 They want to make sure that their formats and protocols get into embedded devices so that they can keep their grip on the market. And collecting a few extra royaly payments doesn't hurt either. Glitz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted April 23, 2003 Report Share Posted April 23, 2003 if i ever get a handheld device, i'll contact the company and make sure there is nothing MS on it. hehehe.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michel Posted April 23, 2003 Report Share Posted April 23, 2003 Can play wm9-format with xine and mplayer..although it's experimental..(didn't test wm9, because don't have any tracks......people should also try ogg-format..seems also good....they claim to be VERY good....So, don't see really why....If you have a set-top-box you can install your own soft-ware on...you can install xine/mplayer/... and play the format and many more... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ndeb Posted April 24, 2003 Report Share Posted April 24, 2003 Just note that it does not mean much since MS is only licensing these formats, not opening them to the public, to be used in closed-source linux players (which are not free money-wise too). I think what they want is to sue the developers of open-source players like mplayer, xine, vlc, ogle and then extend their monopoly into linux. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JaseP Posted April 28, 2003 Report Share Posted April 28, 2003 It's kinda tough to sue an open source developer. Most open source developers are a loose association of nameless people or a non-profit corp. You sue them, and they vanish,... judgment proof,... M$ wouldn't waste it's money on that. What good is a restraining order on an organization that doesn't exist anymore?!?! What good is a money judgment on an organization that has no money?!?! They'd be chasing shadows. As for the smaller developers, they would probably be releasing as a multiplatform app. Most commercial Linux developers are either filling a niche that hasn't been filled yet in Linux, doing something server-related, or want to release simultaneously on all platforms (like SUN's StarOffice, or Quasar's Accounting software, Mathmatica, etc.). Media developers are generally going to be releasing multi-platform, rather than reduce their user base. Specialised apps can go Linux specific. M$ won't directly attack the developers who are releasing multi-platform. Instead, they will make their product difficult to translate into a useable multi-platform environment. For example DirectEcchs directly competes with OpenGL for 3D graphics. M$ has make it so different, that if you commit tools and resources and personnel to developing for DirectEcchs, that developing using OpenGL is a problem. The same can be said for their other "direct" technologies. It's why we see very little multi-platform titles. When they license a file-format to another environment, it's a small concession, and likely a hedge of bets. That's why I see M$ doing this, they are seeing in a small controlled environment what the effects will be of making their file formats available more universally. I predict that eventually Windoze will be like MAC OS X, that is based on a *nix environment with their proprietary stuff lumped on top of it. Keeping their current development cycle for OSes will prove too onerous into the future, when a stable *nix core will be too attractive in terms of development cycle to pass up, they can get all their OS development for free and just concentrate on the user interface. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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