On Mon, 2005-10-31 at 10:50 -0600, STYMA, ROBERT E (ROBERT) wrote: > > ---- > > Anticipation that a Linux Desktop is a easy swap replacement > > for Windows > > Desktop is simply a matter of expectations. It is what it is and where > > it is any given place in time. Railing here on this list is the > > equivalent to pissing in the wind. > > > > The thread began with issues relating to proprietary software using > > proprietary codecs and if more people were using Linux, there would be > > more pressure to adopt codecs that Linux users could utilize without > > doing technical tango. > > > As you said, "It is what it is" and that seems to apply to the > proprietary codecs also. The mplayer developers have done a marvelous > job integrating the windows codecs. Searching out this information > is non-trivial (without some luck) and difficult for the uninitiated. > This mailing list has a pretty good cross section of current Fedora users > and has some extremely intelligent and knowledgeable people on it. ---- It's a moving target. Microsoft has released WMP v 10 and has changed some things - as those who are committed to keeping proprietary lock-in are wont to do. ---- > > It may well be that since software installation does and should require > some sort of administrative account (eg. root) and putting the root > account in the hands of the uneducated can be a terrible thing, a > different model is needed to further encroach upon Windows. ---- people can learn. It happens all of the time. I myself am not invested in converting the masses to Linux, when Linux is ready for them and they are ready for Linux, they will find each other. Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
