Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 10th Oct 2007 22:45 UTC
Windows "The principal reason given for the tremendous under-the-hood changes to Windows unveiled early this year in Vista was the need to overhaul the security model. Indeed, Vista has proven to be a generally more secure operating system, though some vulnerabilities that apply to ordinary software impact Vista users just as much as any other. But now, software analysts testing the latest build 3205 of the beta for Windows XP Service Pack 3 are discovering a wealth of genuinely new features - not just patches and security updates (although there are literally over a thousand of those), but services that could substantially improve system security without overhauling the kernel like in Vista."
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obligatory
by dwave on Thu 11th Oct 2007 00:07 UTC
dwave
Member since:
2006-09-19

Does it play Ogg Vorbis?

RE: obligatory
by flanque on Thu 11th Oct 2007 02:07 in reply to "obligatory"
flanque Member since:
2005-12-15

You kidding me? This is a proprietary system!

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RE[2]: obligatory
by Darkelve on Thu 11th Oct 2007 06:37 in reply to "RE: obligatory"
Darkelve Member since:
2006-02-06

I don't get your point. For example, IE supports PNG files and windos can play mpeg4's...

Edited 2007-10-11 06:38

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RE: obligatory
by MiliTux on Thu 11th Oct 2007 07:08 in reply to "obligatory"
MiliTux Member since:
2007-05-16

Just as obligatory, does it open ODF?

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RE: obligatory
by Laurence on Thu 11th Oct 2007 17:40 in reply to "obligatory"
Laurence Member since:
2007-03-26

I really don't get the point of your comment. XP itself doesn't play media files - it's the media player of choice that does so and there are 3rd party media players (VLC for one) that can play Ogg Vorbis as well as codecs available for media player and winamp.

Granted you would have a point if this thread was about WMP, but it's not. ;-)

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RE[2]: obligatory
by dwave on Fri 12th Oct 2007 11:18 in reply to "RE: obligatory"
dwave Member since:
2006-09-19

It is just a meme that used to be very famous in tech discussions, especially on slashdot.
no one would really expect any Windows servicepack to add support for Ogg.

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