Re: early review of RH 9 (Shrike)

William Hooper wrote:

>>Upholding the spirit of open source is one thing.  Becoming a
>>profitable business is another.  I understand the philosophical
>>reasons behind their decision, I just hope it doesn't come at
>>the cost of eventually going out of business because they continue to
>>fail becoming profitable.
>>    
>>
AMEN to that!!!

>>As great as OGG is, it is not viable at this time to the general
>>market.  Maybe that will change but right now it's going to hurt
>>Redhat because all of the other distros, that also support the spirit of
>>open source, are offering mp3 decoding in their products.
>>
>>I'm on Redhat's side here, I just want them to succeed.
>>
True.

>>
>>Todd
>>    
>>
>
>Do you think that the same group that is complaining about not having MP3
>support would be willing to go out an *BUY* this add-on pack?  In order to
>make financial sense you have to be getting some revenue for the
>expenditure.  No, they would complain about Red Hat trying to sell this
>add on pack and download the plug-ins that are available now.
>
>MP3 took off because it was free (as in beer).  That is it.  There have
>been other, technically superior codecs developed, but most are not cross
>platform or Free (as in beer or speech).  OGG is technically superior to
>MP3, cross platform and Free (as in speech).
>
Technically superior doesn't always cut it. <*SIGH*> ... here we go again,
with the old Beta vs VHS argument. IBM's OS/2 was (?) technically superior
to Microsoft Windows 95, 98, Me ... it's now IBM eStation ... a *niche* 
product.

>Face it there is no audio codec "market".  Everyone wants it free (as in
>beer).  You can't please everyone, all the time.  Red Hat has decided for
>
The problem here is that like Real Audio, and Flash, mp3 / mpeg are not 
 just
for entertainment purposes, but are now the defacto standards for 
business presentations
_not limited to_ mere 'presentation' but also for actually selling 
products / services
on the Internet.

 ... ergo, quo vadis linux?

Elton

(I hate to say this, but maybe when the dust settles, *the* linux 
company just
*might be* SUSe...)

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