On Mon, 24 May 2004 07:17:24 -0500 "Benjamin J. Weiss" <benjamin@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: "Davy Brion" <ralinx@xxxxxxxxxx> > > 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
