On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, Kenneth E. Lussier wrote:
> I also found
> apache_mod_mp3 (http://software.tangent.org/projects.pl) that turns
> apache into a streaming server ...
*Cool*! I know several people who will be very interested in that. Thanks
for the linkage!
> I think that the Ogg project may take over the web in the same way that
> Apache did.
A better analogy: Ogg may take over the 'net in the same way Napster did.
Free beer, I mean free music, is a powerful force. :-)
> P.S. What other formats/functions need an open source counterpart to
> become a standard?
Macromedia Shockwave/Flash and Adobe PDF come to mind.
DVDs. :-)
The whole "all the world runs Microsoft Office" perception is a problem, but
that is a different sort of problem. There already are open format
alternatives; it is just getting people to use them is hard.
--
Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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