[Gloucs] Is this a first at Microsoft?

[Paul Broadhead]

john mckeown <jmckeown@glos.ac.uk> wrote:

> Microsoft have licensed Intervideo to port
> "Windows Media Technologies" to Linux
> http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8421395858.html
> http://www.intervideo.com/jsp/Home.jsp

The question is, would you trust a Microsoft product to safely install
itself without attempting to replace great swathes of your nice and
stable OS with 'improved' versions of their own.  It's a step forward
that they acknowledge there are other OSes out there I suppose but you
have to wonder at their motives.

Cynically,
Paul