canonical to sell proprietary codecs!

[alan c]

Willy K. Hamra wrote:
> i just read in slashdot
> (http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/09/19/166230) that
> canonical is planning to sell proprietary codecs for ubuntu users since
> these are important for the user experience etc..
> what about w32codecs though? it's in medibuntu and not the universe
> repos, but aren't these enough? i can play all the DVDs i ever got in
> kubuntu using w32codecs allright. as for songs, i usually prefer to
> convert everyting to ogg using oggconvert, but i already have mp3 and rm
> support. so what codecs are they planning to sell? does this affect
> w32codecs in anyway?

As commented in the responses to the slashdot article, it is likely to 
be an advantage to oem installers to be able to use a one stop shop 
for such needs. An obvious difference between winworld and k/ubuntu 
world is that almost all windows users around the world  bought their 
windows on a pre installed machine. A business like and convenient 
method of obtaining certain codecs will facilitate
more oem activity for k/ubuntu.

Some end users may also find a retail product useful.
-- 
alan cocks
Kubuntu user#10391
Linux user #360648