CNN does not support open-source.

[Martin Owens]

Susan,

Could you invite them to a meeting and see if they would be interested
in learning something about what Free and Open Source Software is?

It's a travesty that people in the media could be this blind and misinformed.

Regards, Martin

2008/10/3 David Tresner-Kirsch <dwkirsch at gmail.com>:
> 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.
>>
>> -----Forwarded Message-----
>>>From: VCMTech4 at turner.com
>>>Sent: Oct 3, 2008 12:13 PM
>>>To: susancragin at earthlink.net
>>>Subject: TTS Helpdesk Ticket: 2159693
>>>
>>>
>>>Susan,
>>>
>>>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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>>
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