Lee Revell <rlrevell@email-addr-hidden-job.com>, on Sun Jan 15, 2006 [02:22:45 PM] said:
>
> Personally I think it's a losing battle to ask Windows users to use
> anything but WMP. Like it or not MP3 is the standard. We need to make
> MP3 "Just Work" on Linux.
>
> MP3 is not a "closed format" it just has some patent issues (which may
> not be issues at all).
>
> I find it amusing that so many people who won't use MP3 due to its
> "encumbrance" will happily run the proprietary Nvidia driver...
>
> Lee
>
Hi;
There is some possibility of having mp3 'just work' after
Fluendo licensed the mp3 'tech'. I dont know how much of a practical
effect this will have for the various distributions, however:
http://lwn.net/Articles/165985/
Paul
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