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Open standards (and free software as well) do not directly fight closed distributors (both media and software) or ask them to change their ways. But what they d
by jeswin 12y ago
Open standards (and free software as well) do not directly fight closed distributors (both media and software) or ask them to change their ways. But what they do is give a more open upstart a significant advantage; an advantage that helps them offset some of the other shortcomings they have.
So if my company had average content that could reach 2 billion people against Mediaflix's 50m with closed silverlight, I'd still survive. Once I start making better content, Mediaflix is forced to do something or they'll slowly die.
- twoodfin 12y agoSo if my company had average content that could reach 2 billion people against Mediaflix's 50m with closed silverlight, I'd still survive. Your company is called YouTube, and it's doing just fine.
- loup-vaillant 12y agoWhere are the latest Hollyood hotness on YouTube? I only found teasers, third party fair use, and deleted videos and accounts.
- twoodfin 12y agoHence "average content". The studios are the reason Netflix has to serve their content with DRM, and they're fairly unanimous about it.