Fwd: Macromedia Customer Service Request [8542731]

Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg listsub at 401.cx
Tue Apr 25 08:43:46 UTC 2006


Chad Gross wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> This is the letter that Macromedia support sent back to me. We now
> have documentation which allows us to put the Flash plugin back in
> ports.
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Service <service at macromedia.com>
> Date: Apr 24, 2006 5:55 PM
> Subject: Macromedia Customer Service Request [8542731]
> To: Chad Gross <avatar4d at gmail.com>

*snip*

> Please note that Flash Player is not supported in FreeBSD, thus it not
> mentioned on the End User License Agreement that Flash Player can be
> downloaded and installed on the operating system.  It is not that the
> web player is prohibited in FreeBSD, but the operating system itself
> is not compatible with Player.

I love how they actually claim that "the operating system itself is
not compatible with Player" instead of the other way around.

So, who wants to rewrite FreeBSD to be compatible with Macromedia's
flash? ;)

--
R


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