4500MHD: Hardware-Accelerated Video Decoding

[Penti]

We can hope. Maybe there should be intentional GUI-obfuscation in window managers to help with this?

I don't mind them or anyone using it. But it's very hard to cater to users who aren't really computer users by themselves. Or don't directly pay for there software or services. Those who can't really install apps under windows or take care of there computers. However you can provide a complete or total solution even normal users can adapt too, Apple shows that. Apple also shows geeks can accept such a platform. So there's nothing to fear. Any one not being open and trying to build on the linux kernel will fail. There's a reason why Moblin, Maemo and even Android is open and don't create purely proprietary environments. Developers, hobbyists/enthusiasts and normal users need to be onboard. Proprietary environments is hard to sell to those first two. At least in consumer devices.

[nanonyme]

Well, if you don't care of negative attention from the media directing towards opensource, sure. It's hard enough trying to explain there's nothing wrong with opensource as is let alone if Windows warez users would move to using the platform...

[Penti]

Well, if you don't care of negative attention from the media directing towards opensource, sure. It's hard enough trying to explain there's nothing wrong with opensource as is let alone if Windows warez users would move to using the platform...

Well that's like saying hardware makers and OEMs supports warez, many even supports warez formats like x264 in MKV, it's media that's morally impaired no one else. They are the ones that tells users you can get free media players like VLC for example but don't even mention the patent problem. Of course I don't like them being the only users but everybody and there moms pirate. It hasn't dragged down Microsoft who benefits.