Le jeudi 01 mars 2007 à 12:44 -0600, Jonathon Suggs a écrit : > kkr wrote: > > Why not use an open format (.ogg) rather than proprietary one (.avi)? > > > > Regards, > > > Really not trying to start a fight here. But more players support avi > than ogg. Therefore I agree with the choice. > > Open formats and standards are great when they stand on their own > merits. Not that ogg isn't better, but the goal is to spread > information, therefore we want the most people to be able to view the > video. Bottom line is open standards aren't better just because they > are open standards. I can't believe this argument comes up even on > which video codec is used... No wonder mailing lists can be "scary" to > new comers. > > All of that to say. They guy did something positive. You criticized. > Why should he want to help you in the future? Instead of complaining, > re-encode into ogg with your own time and resources and let people have > the CHOICE of what they want to use.
It was not a criticism, only a question! If you felt it as such a criticism, I'm sorry... If I've asked it, it's only: - FOSDEM use too ogg format - because on my linux, I'm unable (yet) to see avi I newer wanted to start any flamewar... Again, it was just a question. Regards, _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
