libdvdcss

[Jerry Haltom]

Don't see why they can't wait. ;) Ubuntu is working fine for me!

On Fri, 2006-06-02 at 16:35 +1000, Alexander Jacob Tsykin wrote:
> On Thursday 01 June 2006 13:10, Jerry Haltom wrote:
> > I don't really know what is wrong with doing nothing. MS did nothing.
> > Third parties developed apps. It doesn't have to be on Ubuntu's
> > shoulders to solve this problem.
> >
> > If nothing else, Canonical could maybe push a third party to
> > provide/support one.
> >
> > I think though Fluendo is doing this for us.
> 
> Very simple. When Microsoft did nothing, they were already very popular, so an 
> app coming out was a virtual certainty. Also, you must consider that video 
> DVD playback then was not considered as critical as it is now. These days, 
> many people will not use a computer unless it cannot play video DVDs. This 
> means that really Canonical can't wait.
> 
> Sasha
>