> If only people would make real-world, rational and pragmatic arguments > about FOSS then this adversarial stuff would be less strident. > > The argument (IMO) should be about the use of an open standard, not Adobe > vs Gnash.
I agree totally, this cannot be emphasised enough. > > If your OS/device/whatever can't do published standards then tough. > OTO if the BBC supports and promotes proprietary standards (cf Microsoft > OOXML) then that's more of an issue. > Especially with @10% (and rising) of BBC traffic coming from non "Windows PC" type platforms. The interesting thing here is that clearly mobile devices and set top boxes are increasingly being used to view multimedia content online (and offline for that matter), yet media solutions (especially those where DRM is a key consideration) are geared very much toward Windows PC's. The BBC would do well to provide a platform agnostic, well documented and standardised solution to media distribution. > I think that *that* is the reason that the BBC have a duty to > counterbalance their support for Adobe/Flash with support for more open > alternatives. Again, this cannot be emphasised enough. Andy Halsall.
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