Re: Time for Me To Spank Suse

From: Charles Prince (s_p_a_m_t_r_a_p_at_yahoo.co.uk)
Date: 04/27/04 

Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 09:49:16 +0100

On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 13:33:29 +0100, Paulo Rocha wrote:

<snip>
>
> It's not MP, it's WMP! "Media Player" is a generic term, not a brand name.
> Anyway, once again you should complain to Cinemanow customer service, NOT to
> Mozilla, Konqueror, Opera, or SuSE! Tell them: I would like to use purchase
> some movies on your site, but since you don't support browsers other than
> IE, I will spend my money somewhere else. After they receive 5 complaints
> like that, they will start to rethink their strategy...

Nah, what we really need is a public site that we can go to and register
complaints about arsehole companies that think the world revolves around
windows.

Then when linux finally gains home market acceptance we can start advising
people to avoid those companies listed that suddenly jump on the gravy
train.

>
<snip>
>> www.unknowncountry.com ( MP audio stream. I have yet to make MPlayer
>> decode this stream ).
>
> All the RPMs you need to install to have a full-featured MPlayer or Kaffeine
> are here:
> http://packman.links2linux.org/?action=index
>
>

Funny I just click the RP link and it works fine.

>> Why is it still so goddam complicated to install mono -- a NOVELL
>> PRODUCT -- with YaST. It makes no sense what so ever.
>
> Mono is not a Novell product.
> Anyway, don't follow the .NET herd. Use Java.
>

But java is not a windows app, how will he ever cope?

<snip>

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