Problem is that those vendors offering the proprietary solutions may not have interest in offering their solution for all platforms. Let's take Flash as an exa

Problem is that those vendors offering the proprietary solutions may not have interest in offering their solution for all platforms. Let's take Flash as an example. I remember days from the past when I was happily watching MythTV recordings from my Nokia Internet Tablet. The tablet had no problems playing the content, since I was able to use software optimized for the tablet. Using the same hardware to watch some Flash content was painful. Flash implementation was not nearly as good as the video player that was able to utilize the platforms hardware capabilities. Open standards make it possible for companies like Nokia, Blackberry and Canonical to implement the video players themselves. They don't need to rely on Microsoft or Adobe to provide support for their platforms.