Re: Me, the grouser?

Hi.

I've been reading the Vorbis list for years and I can't recall you ever 
being unjust or trying to put down
the efforts of Xiph. In this case you tried to check how you were 
percieved without getting confrontational
nor naming the private e-mailer.

Regards,
Oscar

Tor-Einar Jarnbjo skrev:
> Hi everyone,
>
> after attempting to correct Ivo's statement about Theora and Vorbis 
> being the "default codecs" in the HTML 5 draft, I just got the 
> following mail off list:
>
> "Why are you still here? And by here I mean the Xiph lists. I've seen 
> you speaking ill of our formats and of free software more than in one 
> occasion. So, for what purpose do you still stick around? What is your 
> intention?"
>
> Am I really coming through like such a beefy grouser? I hope people 
> knowing me a little bit better realize that I've spent quite some time 
> on Xiph related work, which however does not keep me from being 
> realistic and rather sceptic towards many of the approaches I've seen 
> to support Xiph. It might just be me, but I don't think bashing around 
> on other formats or claiming incorrect advantages of the Xiph formats 
> will do any good.
>
> Regards,
> Tor
>
>
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