Re:bad ruling. (Score 1)

"You meant "could count on WMP existing on the users' machines which were running a sufficiently up-to-date (and paid-for) copy of Windows. You haven't had much luck porting your applications to Linux or OS X now, have you? " Haven't had the need to. ...And why should I have to patch a media player? What possible value is it to my clients to have me write/fix an open source player when WMP is out there FOR FREE! You want to open-source your OS, that's your right. No one is stopping you. Just don't try to force the rest of us to go the tinker-toy route with you.