2006/3/2, James Wilkinson <fedora@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Les Mikesell wrote: > > I think you are shooting yourself in the foot here. It's one > > thing to demand a free Linux download for 1% of the market > > but now you want to make that a bunch of different versions, > > each with their own quirks (AMD doesn't make the only > > 64 bit processor). > > To be honest, I run 64 bit and a 64 bit browser because I *don't care* > about Macromedia (or the other closed-source plugins). I already > consider their products to add so little of value and (especially in the > case of Flash) sufficient annoyance that I wouldn't install them even if > they did port to AMD64. > > Besides, I place quite a lot of value on the old vision of the Internet > as being cross-platform, non-vendor specific, and standards based. Until > "at least two independent and interoperable implementations from > different code bases have been developed" (RFC2026 section 4.1.2, part > of the criteria for an Internet Standard), in my book Flash does not > count as part of the Internet. > > James. i couldnt agree more here. regards, Rudolf Kastl > -- > E-mail address: james | Top Tip: If you are being chased by a police dog, > @westexe.demon.co.uk | don't try to get away by crawling through a tunnel, > | going onto a little see-saw, and jumping through a > | hoop of fire. They are trained for that, you see. > | -- "Bystander", London magistrate > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
