"Turbolinux, a Japanese seller of the open source operating system, has bridged a philosophical divide by licensing Microsoft technology for playing digital music and video," reports CNet.
"The rationale was that the majority of Japanese Web sites are using Windows Media format. We've had (manufacturing) partners and large customers who have requested us to move that into our product," Jennings said. The technology is available in a plug-in module to the open source Xine software.
Comment: Although A'rpi quit because of the GPL problem, the survivors have released a new version of MPlayer today.
