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Microsoft aims Windows Media plug-in at Firefox

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on · 3 comments
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On Microsoft's Port 25 site, Hank Janssen has announced that Microsoft has released a plug-in Windows Media Player for Firefox. Well, that's the theory; in practice, DesktopLinux.com has been unable to download the actual file after trying to do so from both Linux and Windows systems.

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Comments (3)

tracyanne ·
I downloaded it without any problems. I tried to install it on my laptop under WINE, it failed with the message "Package does not support server operating systems", so I suspect it's not supposed to run under WINE.
nikkels ·
give it some time. I am sure that one of the developers will pick it up and supply the necessary libraries to make it work.
tracyanne ·
I think it's more to do with what Microsoft do in terms of determining what Windows OS is being used, and if it's not XP or Vista then that message is displayed.

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