While not providing Windows Media Player 10 for the Mac, Microsoft still offers version 9 for Mac OS X and version 7.1 for the older Mac. Instead of providing a player, Microsoft, based in Redmond, Wash., directs Web site visitors to a page where they can download a free version of Flip4Mac.
Flip4Mac enables Mac OS X users to play Windows Media video and audio directly within QuickTime.
Media encoding specialist Telestream said in a statement released this week that Microsoft had agreed to distribute Windows Media components for QuickTime through the Nevada City, Calif., company's Flip4Mac technology.
