Fedora Desktop future- RedHat moves

[Robin Laing]

max bianco wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 5:15 PM, Bill Davidsen <davidsen at tmr.com> wrote:
>> max bianco wrote:
>>
>>> Adobe Flash is something I can't for the life of me figure out why
>>> anyone would use. You can't kill the adds like you can with gnash and
>>> it leaves a gaping security hole in everything it touches.
>>>
>>>
>> Because it is the closest thing we have to a universal video format. Pure
>> and simple, if I want to put out something like a "How to assemble" or a
>> video of a meeting, I could do wmv for the MS folk, and ogg for the Linux
>> folk, and {can't remember} for the Mac folk (I have a script for ffmpeg), or
>> I can do flash and everyone can use it.
>>
>> If you want to communicate with others, and view their communication with
>> you, flash is the format to use.
>>
>> If you never communicate with the outside world, it's optional.
>>
> Wouldn't it make sense for a universal video format to open?
> 

I agree with you here but until there is one, flash is a great 
compromise.  At least Adobe is getting better at support.

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Robin Laing