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dssripper

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« on: June 03, 2003, 12:24:00 PM »
I ran across a demo of Windows XP Media Edition
and it looks alot like XBMP.
Just curious, if xbmp was based on it or
did M$ take their look from xbmp?

Here is a link of XP Media Edition.

http://www.MS.com/wi...urs/default.asp


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Jse

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« Reply #1 on: June 03, 2003, 12:26:00 PM »
XBMP has nothing to do with m$

its based on libarys from mplayer from linux
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Jse

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« Reply #2 on: June 03, 2003, 03:31:00 PM »
heh your right

!MS!
@MS@
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msn25

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« Reply #3 on: June 03, 2003, 04:07:00 PM »
M|I|C|R|O|S|O|F|T
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Jse

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« Reply #4 on: June 03, 2003, 04:17:00 PM »
that is just the skins and tb layout but all the source is based on mplayer and w00t you managed to write m$ my turn

micro$oft

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sk8dog

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« Reply #5 on: June 03, 2003, 04:19:00 PM »
yeah, so what came first?  can makers of xbmp say they pulled the design out of their ass?  can micro.soft?
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Jse

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« Reply #6 on: June 03, 2003, 04:50:00 PM »
i believe  micros0fts media center came first but xbmp is absolutly noting like it in code
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dssripper

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« Reply #7 on: June 03, 2003, 06:53:00 PM »
I hope I didn't give that idication, that
I thought the code was copied by
the xbmp team or by M$.
I was just curious about the
the layout.


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Morglum

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« Reply #8 on: June 03, 2003, 07:04:00 PM »
QUOTE (jse @ Jun 4 2003, 01:50 AM)
i believe micros0fts media center came first but xbmp is absolutly noting like it in code

He's not talking about code wise, no one even mentioned code  blink.gif  He's talking purely about looks. He's saying they both look to be "skinned" the same, or atleast very similar, so one must have copied the others look to a certain extent. So who copied who, thats all he's trying to ask if anyone knows.
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pelago

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« Reply #9 on: June 04, 2003, 04:18:00 AM »
I'm pretty sure XBMP copied the look of MS Media Centre.

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TRIDENT624

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« Reply #10 on: June 04, 2003, 07:03:00 AM »
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cannondale

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« Reply #11 on: June 04, 2003, 02:45:00 PM »
QUOTE (pelago @ Jun 4 2003, 01:18 PM)
I'm pretty sure XBMP copied the look of MS Media Centre.

pelago

Correct. Go to the forums at www.xboxmediaplayer.com. There it has been discussed before. Supposedly the XBMP skin was initially based on early Media Center screenshots. Or so the story goes...
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