As much as I want to see Ogg Vorbis succeed there are outstanding
problems that really need to be considered ahead of the Mp3 problem- I
think. Maybe I'm wrong here. This is my thinking though. Flash is as
essential component of the modern web and "everybody" needs it. We don't
have a viable free flash player still. I'm glad to see Gnash is coming
along and FINALLY reached 7.x compatibility with SWF 7... almost... that
key word being almost. We need to put energy into that project unless
the resources we have aren't suited for it.
You have probably missed the whole HTML5 fiasco. Ogg was going to be included in
HTML specifications, so that people could use that for their audio/video and
know for sure that it will be played on any machine. But Apple, Nokia, and some
others demanded that the standard doesn't specify Ogg, thus making the whole
thing useless. Google is planning to switch YouTube to use aac.h264.mp4, and
even issued the statement that Ogg would break the internet if it would be adopted.
- Volodya
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