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

[Michael Ober]

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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-...
>>>>>
>>
>>>
>>> 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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Moonlight is the Open Source version of the MS SilverLight player.