EC's statement on end of Microsoft investigation

So what does this mean?: My Guess:

Media players that use the Media Player or Windows Media Player as DDL, DDE, OLE, Active/X, (D)COM component or whatever the current name of the MS component model is today, will require the installation of the MS Windows Media Player.

It will make things a bit more clear at the tech
level, users or OEMs will be anoyed, I guess.

Media Players that are implemented on some sort usable version of Windows API such as DirectX?won't require the WMP.

If, after 7 years of legal hassle, MS is forced to relase consistent and correct API specs, vendors might be able to develop better independent Media Players. But who cares
given such timeframes, MS will keep frustrate open standards, move hindering propriaty stuff around from os, api's, formats, codec's, and drm's etc (saying theirs is better) and in such a way that they won't be hindered by any sort of regulations...; Posted by: alexr_z Posted on: 03/24/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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So what does this mean? rapson | 03/24/04

WMP not the issue IT_User | 03/24/04

what they have to do? NemesisNL | 03/24/04

So what does this mean? alexr_z | 03/24/04

Plain and simple...it doesn't. Stewart Cannon | 03/24/04

and the End Result? Stewart Cannon | 03/24/04

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