Yes, it is a woeful site, until recently no Linux platform would work in it at all for video - it was IE & Windows Media Player or nothing. At least now it does work in some manner on Linux.
But the point is that your average Windows user expects Ubuntu to work the same with most (if not all web sites) they previously accessed ok, and if they download 64-bit Ubuntu and this doesn't happen - well, that makes the recommendation valid.
@ Ioannis
Yes, it is a woeful site, until recently no Linux platform would work in it at all for video - it was IE & Windows Media Player or nothing. At least now it does work in some manner on Linux.
But the point is that your average Windows user expects Ubuntu to work the same with most (if not all web sites) they previously accessed ok, and if they download 64-bit Ubuntu and this doesn't happen - well, that makes the recommendation valid.