[Info-vax] OT: Rob Short: Operating System Evolution

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In article <5cqdnT7-4s8SUKrWnZ2dnUVZ_hGdnZ2d at earthlink.com>, "Michael Ober" <obermd. at .alum.mit.edu.nospam> writes:
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>> In article 
>> <aa4f3527-b538-44e8-9b2a-1caa95047f89 at k19g2000yqc.googlegroups.com>, Neil 
>> Rieck <n.rieck at sympatico.ca> writes:
>>>On Dec 25, 9:18=A0am, Neil Rieck <n.ri... at sympatico.ca> wrote:
>>>> From one of my online buddies:
>>>>
>>>> Rob Short: Operating System Evolution
>>>> Rob Short is an operating system pioneer. He helped Microsoft
>>>> transition from the 1980s with DOS and 16 bit windows into the 32 bit
>>>> world with Windows NT in the 1990s. More recently, Rob was part of the
>>>> team that further enhanced windows to take advantage of the 64 bit
>>>> processors of the new millennium. Today, he is the Vice President
>>>> overseeing development of windows kernel and virtualization...
>>>>
>>>> http://www.microsoft.com/video/en/us/details/3c021020-5765-4c0a-a7b1-...
>>>>
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>> Just what we need, yet another Micro$oft proprietary video format to keep
>> those who haven't partaken of the Micro$oft tainted koolaid from viewing.
>>
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>Since the video works fine in Firefox, I'm assuming you're using the 
>original Mozilla browser.  Granted, I'm using Firefox on Windows Vista.  As 
>for proprietary, there is a WMV codec for Quicktime that should play the WMV 
>downloadable version just fine.

Not.

Firefox on linux.  It wanted something called Moonlight to be installed to
view the video.  It's not WMV.


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