Microsoft dumps WMP for Mac


BetaNews is reporting that Microsoft is dumping Windows Media Player for the fairer platform. A link on the generic WMP Mac page now directs one to download Flip4Mac's Windows Media Components for QuickTime.

As its name states you can play WMP content from inside of the QuickTime player using Flip4Mac's widget. Though I can't attest to the ease-of-use or quality of this functionality, it's difficult to imagine that it could be worse than Microsoft's less-than-fully-functional player, which was last updated in 2004.

Good riddance or is this a real loss?