On Mon, 24 May 2004 07:17:24 -0500
"Benjamin J. Weiss" <benjamin(a)weiss.name> wrote:
From: "Davy Brion" <ralinx(a)pandora.be>
> I know Red Hat can't support this stuff in Fedora from a legal point of
> view, but it is hurting linux adoption IMHO. No matter how much better
> our alternatives are (like Ogg Vorbis for instance), if we can't support
> what other people are using, a lot of people simply won't care about how
> much better our alternatives are. I'm talking about regular people.
> The kind of people who don't even know a site is using Flash, or what
> MP3 or MPEG is all about... they simply don't care. And if Linux
> systems don't support these technologies, to them it will seem as if
> Linux can't do as much as Windows can.
>
> We may have the best technology, but you can't expect people to use it
> if they don't want to use it.
Case in point: Betamax VCR's versus VHS. Beta was better, but people
didn't switch because they already had VHS...
Ben
Case in point. People switch to DVD because it's better. Even though
it's not compatible with their current technology.
Sean