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For a format to proliferate as a standard, it has to be open source. Nobody cares about 5% smaller images if not everyone can view them.
by lblume 1y ago
For a format to proliferate as a standard, it has to be open source. Nobody cares about 5% smaller images if not everyone can view them.
- otterley 1y agoHistorically speaking, that’s not true; WMV and FLV were extremely popular for over a decade in the early 2000s. Closed source formats can, and have, become de facto standards if they solve a pressing need that open standards don’t (or provide a stepwise increase in functionality or performance) and if there’s sufficient market demand.