tlug: MS mediaplayer port for Linux

[Sean Bennett <sean@example.com>]

Here's a Tech Web story regarding MS's MediaPlayer port to
Linux

http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB19981009S0021

I though the following quote from the article was
interesting...

>One analyst found it hard to believe there was
>customer demand for a Linux product from
>Microsoft. "Given how the Linux folks feel toward
>Microsoft, I have a hard time believing them calling
>Microsoft and saying, 'We want you to support the
>Linux platform,' " said Rob Enderle, senior analyst
>with the Giga Information Group.

>Enderle suspects some interns at Microsoft got
>ambitious and tried a Linux port from the Solaris
>code base and found it worked. ]

Sean

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