Microsoft Media player now runs on Linux

[Taavi Burns]

On Tue, Apr 27, 2004 at 10:29:56AM -0400, Fraser Campbell wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Turbo Linux has created a media player for Linux that uses Microsoft media 
> player code.  While it doesn't sound like a native port of media player 
> (misleading title) it is interesting that Microsoft would allow any of their 
> code to be used on Linux:

Sounds like what the mplayer folks have been doing for years now: load
.dll, pass in compressed data, get back uncompressed data.  Simpler than
WINE!

>   http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=15547

Oh, as in actually properly licensed!  Well that's neat.  I wonder how
much DRM has been included.

I can see it now:
$ /sbin/sysctl -a 2>/dev/null | grep taint
kernel.tainted = 1

;)

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