I found a interesting story MS to license Media Player 9 for Linux, others? on the register,

They link to this report on reuters.
The new licensing plan for Microsoft's Windows Media 9 Series, which sends and receives audio and visual content across the Internet, will allow developers to create software that will run on various devices and on non-Windows-based computers, opening up a wider market for Microsoft's streaming standard.
Would you use it if it would ever get that far ??