Microsoft on Monday made available a plug-in that allows its Windows Media Player to integrate more smoothly with the Firefox Web browser, a growing rival to Microsoft's own Internet Explorer browser. With competitors like Adobe vying for Web developer mindshare, Microsoft may have to give an inch to open source in order to keep WMP strong.
Microsoft released a new Windows Media Player (WMP) plug-in for the Firefox 2.0 open source Latest News about open source Web browser Monday via its Port 25 blog. The official plug-in is one of several Microsoft is developing at its Port 25 Open Source Software Lab, according to the company.
"I am very proud to announce that we have released another official Microsoft plug-in," said Hank Janssen, program manager for Port 25. "It shows another level of interoperability and eagerness in working with the community to get this released."
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Microsoft released a new Windows Media Player (WMP) plug-in for the Firefox 2.0 open source Latest News about open source Web browser Monday via its Port 25 blog. The official plug-in is one of several Microsoft is developing at its Port 25 Open Source Software Lab, according to the company.
"I am very proud to announce that we have released another official Microsoft plug-in," said Hank Janssen, program manager for Port 25. "It shows another level of interoperability and eagerness in working with the community to get this released."
Click Read More to view the rest of this article.
