On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 9:00 AM, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx> 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?
> >
>
> You may not like that either:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silverlight
>
The fact that the GNU\Linux version has a different name than the
original tells me all i need to know.
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