[oclug] Zed

Brad Barnett bbarnett at L8R.net
Mon Mar 11 21:55:36 EST 2002


On Mon, 11 Mar 2002 21:47:56 -0500
Dave Edwards <dle1 at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> Hey Gang,
> 
> Like a well trained zombie, I followed a link from a CBC-TV promo to a 
> site for something called "Zed", which is promoting itself as "open 
> source television".  I can't tell you much more about it, because 
> ironically enough, the site is heavily dependant on Flash-5, which I 
> don't have.  (Their little notice goes thus:  "It's 2002, and there's 

Quick answer - install flash ;P

Flash is fast becoming a standard.  Hell, it's even on cell phones!

> this crazy technology called "Flash" that all the kids are using these 
> days. And now it comes in a great new flavour: Version 5! Click on the 
> button to get it.")
> 
> I rather doubt this has anything to do with Open Source software, but 
> it's interesting to see that the term apparently has enough caché that 
> some people want to borrow a little of it.
> 
> Cheers,
> Dave.



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