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All Things Microsoft => Microsoft as a Company => Topic started by: Unseen on 9 June 2003, 20:52

Title: Ms to take over our entertainment...
Post by: Unseen on 9 June 2003, 20:52: I dont know how to take this posting but a msn employee making a OS for entertainment systems using a Linux core ?
Happy OS ? (http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?s=8cc9593f62494940f9ce9dd7344caa53&threadid=109016). Who knows maybe its all BS but I thought its worth a post anywho.
Title: Ms to take over our entertainment...
Post by: Refalm on 9 June 2003, 22:07: I think it is bullshit.
Title: Ms to take over our entertainment...
Post by: Calum on 9 June 2003, 22:07: it actually looks like a bit of a nonentity to be honest. in my personal opinion it looks as though an individual is willing to pay nullsoft to gear up their linux port. they have of course dragged their ass in the mud and will hopefully die along with windows, since XMMS already whups their ass by being open source and ad free.

Anyway nullsoft are owned by AOL so i hear (http://forum.fuckmicrosoft.com/ubb/icons/icon8.gif)

I am a little confused about how he thinks this is an OS on its own. perhaps he wants a linux based DRM/Palladium thing!
Title: Ms to take over our entertainment...
Post by: mushrooomprince on 9 June 2003, 22:15: Linux for entertainment ?

I never thought i would see the day when linux was used for major entertainment.

Oh well :confused:
Title: Ms to take over our entertainment...
Post by: TheKnifeThrower on 9 June 2003, 22:49: quote:
Originally posted by Calum:
it actually looks like a bit of a nonentity to be honest. in my personal opinion it looks as though an individual is willing to pay nullsoft to gear up their linux port. they have of course dragged their ass in the mud and will hopefully die along with windows, since XMMS already whups their ass by being open source and ad free.

Anyway nullsoft are owned by AOL so i hear (http://forum.fuckmicrosoft.com/ubb/icons/icon8.gif)

I am a little confused about how he thinks this is an OS on its own. perhaps he wants a linux based DRM/Palladium thing!

I know XMMS is ad free but I have never seen any ads in winamp?
Title: Ms to take over our entertainment...
Post by: Fett101 on 9 June 2003, 22:53: quote:
Originally posted by Calum:
[QB]XMMS already whups their ass by being open source and ad free.[QB]

Winamp has ads? (http://winamp.com/download/)

But yes, they are owned by AOL. (as is my ISP sadly. You get a respectable address at rr.com, and AOL has to go and tarnish it.)

Edit :D Damn UBB

[ June 10, 2003: Message edited by: fett101 ]
Title: Ms to take over our entertainment...
Post by: mobrien_12 on 10 June 2003, 04:38: quote:
Originally posted by mushrooomprince:
Linux for entertainment ?

I never thought i would see the day when linux was used for major entertainment.

Oh well :confused:

I'ts been used for major entertainment for years.
TIVO (http://www.tivo.com)
Title: Ms to take over our entertainment...
Post by: TheQuirk on 10 June 2003, 10:10: quote:
Originally posted by fett101:
Edit :D amn UBB

Ha ha!
Title: Ms to take over our entertainment...
Post by: Fett101 on 10 June 2003, 11:24: Well just damn you too then. You and DVORAK.
Title: Ms to take over our entertainment...
Post by: Calum on 10 June 2003, 14:06: well i reckon winamp has ads because it comes with that crappy browser with all the "sponsored" links in it, plus it dumps a whole load of AOL affiliated junk on your desktop (and no doubt in your "Program Files" directory too), so yes i'd say it is ad supported especially compared to XMMS.
Title: Ms to take over our entertainment...
Post by: new2linux55 on 10 June 2003, 17:13: I like winamp.

Its my no 1 media player.........

for windows that is.

At least that post was not about WMP 9. :eek: :rolleyes:
Title: Ms to take over our entertainment...
Post by: Kupotek on 10 June 2003, 17:31: I actually use a media player I created myself. Im very happy with it. It has mp3/mp4/avi/ support at the moment (http://smile.gif)

So, I havent' used winamp in quite sometime.

It is sad to see nullsoft's balls tied to the AOL funeral pyre though :/

[ June 10, 2003: Message edited by: Emiko ]
Title: Ms to take over our entertainment...
Post by: Fett101 on 10 June 2003, 21:13: It may create some shortcuts. I hadn't really thought of them much. I was thinking more along the lines of a ads like a dialog each time you start the media player begging, you to buy it.(like a certain media player of a certain fruity company. It's Apple..)
Title: Ms to take over our entertainment...
Post by: TheQuirk on 11 June 2003, 03:54: quote:
Originally posted by Emiko:
I actually use a media player I created myself. Im very happy with it. It has mp3/mp4/avi/ support at the moment (http://smile.gif)

So, I havent' used winamp in quite sometime.

It is sad to see nullsoft's balls tied to the AOL funeral pyre though :/

[ June 10, 2003: Message edited by: Emiko ]

Could I see it?
Title: Ms to take over our entertainment...
Post by: Calum on 2 July 2003, 16:33: yes that'd be cool can we see it?
Title: Ms to take over our entertainment...
Post by: Kupotek on 2 July 2003, 22:15: quote:
Originally posted by TheQuirk:

Could I see it?

I dont see why not, I'll clean it up a bit and shoot you over a screenie :D
Title: Ms to take over our entertainment...
Post by: Maniaman on 3 July 2003, 21:41: quote:
Originally posted by Emiko:
I'll clean it up a bit and shoot you over a screenie :D

For osme reason I think they meant getting a copy of it (http://tongue.gif)
Title: Ms to take over our entertainment...
Post by: Pissed_Macman on 4 July 2003, 02:39: My god, they are trying to swallow Linux.
Title: Ms to take over our entertainment...
Post by: Pissed_Macman on 4 July 2003, 02:40: I hope they choke.
Title: Ms to take over our entertainment...
Post by: suselinux on 4 July 2003, 05:54: Winamp 3 is "supposed" to work in wine