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

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In article <6eKdnXEh244fbqrWnZ2dnUVZ_jqdnZ2d at earthlink.com>, "Michael Ober" <obermd. at .alum.mit.edu.nospam> writes:
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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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>>><VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG> wrote in message
>>>news:00A96A71.A5C87911 at SendSpamHere.ORG...
>>>> 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.

Which doesn't work, after downloading and installing, to display this video.

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