CNN does not support open-source.

[David Tresner-Kirsch]

Hi Susan,

Clearly CNN's tech team could use a better understanding of what open-source is.

For future reference though, it's possible to watch CNN live by
loading the following stream url into a media player:
http://www.cnn.com/video/live/cnnlive_1.asx

David

On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 1:41 PM, Susan Cragin <susancragin at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Here's their note to me, after I tried to access CNN-live.
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>>Sent: Oct 3, 2008 12:13 PM
>>To: susancragin at earthlink.net
>>Subject: TTS Helpdesk Ticket: 2159693
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>>
>>Susan,
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>>We do not support Live Video for Ubuntu.  Linux is open source, thus causing a lot of problems when trying to implement a windows based application.  We apologize for the inconvenience.
>>
>>Cheers,
>>
>>Kyle
>>CNN.com Tech Support
>>
>>
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