2008/8/27 Brian Butterworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7582197.stm > - seems "The Internet" must include Flash and Java, according to the ASA, > of all people. Just wondered what Dave C makes of it...
The BBC journalist makes the important distinction between free and proprietary software, which I am very happy to see :-) I agree that the defacto web includes both free and proprietary software standards. That is why it is important that Sun, with contributions from project GNU coordinated by Red Hat in the Iced Tea project, have made Java free software; and also why the GNU Gnash project is working very hard at freeing up Flash. There is also the secondary technical issue of CPU muscle - can puny embedded devices like the iPhone and OpenMoko handle Java? ;p Cheers, Dave Personal opinion only. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
