Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:06:26 +0000 From: Da Rock <rock_on_the_web@hotmail.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: what happened to linuxflashplugin? Message-ID: <BAY143-W23E370B6F745B9080C7D0B8D2B0@phx.gbl> In-Reply-To: <20080212071631.64c5ad4a@scorpio> References: <47AFC80B.8090303@gmail.com> <47B05924.5000405@cs.okstate.edu> <5422555c0802120311nc7cdccar6bacce0314cff18a@mail.gmail.com> <BAY143-W42499732E99A692AC93D638D2B0@phx.gbl> <20080212071631.64c5ad4a@scorpio>
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---------------------------------------- > Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 07:16:31 -0500 > From: gerard@seibercom.net > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: what happened to linuxflashplugin? >=20 > On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:55:45 +0000 > Da Rock wrote: >=20 >> Hah! Good luck... I never got it work either, There are wrappers all >> other barriers to stop you. And even then it may only work >> intermittently. Correct me if I'm wrong guys >=20 > I hear you. I have used both Firefox and Opera and have never gotten > flash to work as easily and consistently as it does under Windows. When > the added burden of having to use wrappers, etc, it is just not worth > the hassle. I have seen references to system linking files to make > flash work; however, I have better things to do than invest huge > amounts of time attempting to get something to work when it is already > technologically possible to do so without all that individual > intervention. >=20 > It does seem rather ironic that we claim that FreeBSD is a superior OS > to Microsoft's Windows; however, we are unable to get even a common web > add-on like flash to work reliably, consistently. Finger pointing does > not alleviate the situation. >=20 > --=20 >=20 > Gerard > gerard@seibercom.net >=20 > Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to > realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first. >=20 > Ronald Reagan >=20 I would suggest that since adobe have specifically stated that is not licen= sed to run on bsd then there could be code to actively sabotage its running= . Microsoft have done the same with ASP - can't run ASP and PHP on IIS toge= ther and ASP is not meant to run anywhere else (I know apache has something= , but a lot of direct support has been outlawed it seems) so there is activ= e warfare on OSS. _________________________________________________________________ Overpaid or Underpaid? Check our comprehensive Salary Centre http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fcontent%2Emycareer%2Ecom%= 2Eau%2Fsalary%2Dcentre%3Fs%5Fcid%3D595810&_t=3D766724125&_r=3DHotmail_Email= _Tagline_MyCareer_Oct07&_m=3DEXT=
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