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Colin Dunstan · 08-09-2005, 03:00 PM

Remember Orb Streaming Media which had first sounded like a marvelous idea, but then failed - at least in our opinion - due to the use of some proprietary software? Although you are still required to run the Orb Windows application, at least there's now an add-on API (updated: released under a Mozilla Public License) allowing developers to write their own DLL libraries to extend (PDF) Orb's media streaming capabilities.

Well gee, this certainly seems like a good idea. For next, why don't you simply release the tool as open-source?

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08-09-2005, 03:00 PM	#1
Colin Dunstan Is papyrophobic! Posts: 1,926 Karma: 1009999 Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: USA Device: Dell Axim	Extend Orb Streaming Media with add-on API Remember Orb Streaming Media which had first sounded like a marvelous idea, but then failed - at least in our opinion - due to the use of some proprietary software? Although you are still required to run the Orb Windows application, at least there's now an add-on API (updated: released under a Mozilla Public License) allowing developers to write their own DLL libraries to extend (PDF) Orb's media streaming capabilities. Well gee, this certainly seems like a good idea. For next, why don't you simply release the tool as open-source? [via Downloadsquad]