[aklug] Re: Interesting info on Flash

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On 05/07/10 08:07, James Zuelow wrote:
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>> From: aklug-bounce@aklug.org [mailto:aklug-bounce@aklug.org]=20
>> On Behalf Of Tim Gibney
>> Sent: Thursday, 06 May, 2010 17:46
>> To: Christopher Howard
>> Cc: Alaska Linux Users Group
>> Subject: [aklug] Re: Interesting info on Flash
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>> that Microsoft and Apple would love to use. If Firefox can't=20
>> play videos
>> from youtube or CNN then its bye bye linux and hello=20
>> Windows/IE for me and
>> everyone else.
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> Huh.
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> I guess for me it would be "bye bye Youtube and CNN."
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> (Actually not a very difficult choice for me -- I thought about it and real=
> ized that these days I use CNN only to check internet connectivity, and rar=
> ely follow Youtube links at all.)
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> But you are right, most people would use the browser that works, regardless=
> of licensing issues with the particular codec. =20
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> It would be very similar to the early days of the web when video meant Real=
> Media and their player. I'm sure that is exactly the scenario they're goi=
> ng after. The masses get the player for free, but they can charge the cont=
> ent creators whatever the market will bear to encode their stuff. Real Med=
> ia let the market get away from them, but the proprietary folks are smart e=
> nough to learn from past mistakes.=20
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> James=
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Question: Isn't Flash at least theoretically compatible with open
source? For the server side, there is Red5, and on the delivery side,
there is Gnash. I don't know how well either of these projects actually
work right now... but you could theoretically use both and not end up
paying licensing fees to anyone.

Or am I missing something?

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Christopher Howard
http://linuxprogrammingforums.com
http://indicium.us
http://theologia.indicium.us
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