What are Microsoft codecs?

[gilpel at altern.org]

gilpel at altern.org wrote

>> On Fri, 2009-08-07 at 05:50 +0500, gilpel at altern.org wrote:
>
>> The Internet has a vast amount of information and if you want more
>> targeted information, try wikipedia.org...they will have the answers to
>> each of the things you are wondering about above, including what makes
>> ODF files smaller.
>
> All the information, and its contrary, are on the net, but how long does
> it take before somebody explains that the reason Fedora provides Totem is
> that, this way, they wash their hands of the proprietary codecs because to
> read WMV videos you'll need to buy Fluendo?
>
> How long does it take before you learn that pretty much all information on
> the net about installing NVIDIA drivers is plain disinformation, that
> maybe the only place you'll find valid instruction is rpmfusion.
>
> How long do you believe it would take to find answers to the questions I
> just asked in a comprehensive, yet easy to understand manner? I would say
> months.
>
> You don't like my threads, White? Just buzz off, you, O'Callaghan and
> Greshko. Killfile me instead of cluttering the threads that you say
> shouldn't appear.
>
> At least, when only interested people participate, it will make them
> shorter.

And I would eve add that even YOU couldn't provide an answer to my
queation and that people on the whole group will have to paste their
knowledge before we get the whole picture.

I also believe this question of what proprietary codecs are is very
important, that people must be aware of the issue. As I already said
elsewhere, since this the most general Fedora forum and there is none
peculiar to that matter, this is where it should be discussed.

That's the reason I didn't put OT before the title.