Re: [backstage] Open Flash

2008-05-12 Thread simon
)2080083965 mob: +44 (0)7711913293 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ST Sent: 06 May 2008 16:21 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] Open Flash Quoting Andy [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Dave Crossland wrote: I look forward

RE: [backstage] Open Flash

2008-05-11 Thread Ian Forrester
@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] Open Flash Quoting Andy [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Dave Crossland wrote: I look forward to the day when the BBC stops requiring proprietary software and stops imposing DRM :-) And on that day the devil will skate to work! (Can't remember which programme I heard

Re: [backstage] Open Flash

2008-05-08 Thread Dave Crossland
2008/5/6 ST [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Kontiki may be inferior in technological terms, but would be vastly superior in terms of a Media Lawyer never having seen its name associated with intellectual property theft. There is no such thing as intellectual property theft, and that phrase is so

Re: [backstage] Open Flash

2008-05-06 Thread Andy
Dave Crossland wrote: I look forward to the day when the BBC stops requiring proprietary software and stops imposing DRM :-) And on that day the devil will skate to work! (Can't remember which programme I heard that quote on). The BBC will pick proprietary solutions even if they are

Re: [backstage] Open Flash

2008-05-06 Thread ST
Quoting Andy [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Dave Crossland wrote: I look forward to the day when the BBC stops requiring proprietary software and stops imposing DRM :-) And on that day the devil will skate to work! (Can't remember which programme I heard that quote on). The BBC will pick proprietary

Re: [backstage] Open Flash

2008-05-05 Thread Dave Crossland
2008/5/5 Brian Butterworth [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 2008/5/4 Dave Crossland [EMAIL PROTECTED]: just stick a TTF on a web server and add the @font-face stanza to your CSS file. Do I still have to generate PNG versions for Firefox though? Yes, Firefox 3 has delayed work on CSS3, but there are a

Re: [backstage] Open Flash

2008-05-04 Thread Brian Butterworth
2008/5/3 Dave Crossland [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 2008/5/3 Brian Butterworth [EMAIL PROTECTED]: This is the most positive thing that I have heard in ages... Microsoft exec going from being evil Borg drone to just plain incompetent. I know your position about the BBC executives, could you

Re: [backstage] Open Flash

2008-05-04 Thread Dave Crossland
2008/5/4 Brian Butterworth [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 2008/5/3 Dave Crossland [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 2008/5/3 Brian Butterworth [EMAIL PROTECTED]: As they took their redundancy cheques, the leavers kept sobbing but they said no-one ever got fired for buying IBM... Perhaps the recession will make

Re: [backstage] Open Flash

2008-05-04 Thread Dave Crossland
2008/5/3 Dan Brickley [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Dave Crossland wrote: Adobe's dominance in this area of computing is being challenged in two ways - by Microsoft (Silverlight) and GNU (Gnash) - so they are taking evasive action to try and maintain their dominance. Does Gnash really challenge Adobe?

Re: [backstage] Open Flash

2008-05-04 Thread Brian Butterworth
2008/5/4 Dave Crossland [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 2008/5/4 Brian Butterworth [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 2008/5/3 Dave Crossland [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 2008/5/3 Brian Butterworth [EMAIL PROTECTED]: As they took their redundancy cheques, the leavers kept sobbing but they said no-one ever got fired for

Re: [backstage] Open Flash

2008-05-03 Thread Dave Crossland
2008/5/3 Brian Butterworth [EMAIL PROTECTED]: This is the most positive thing that I have heard in ages... Microsoft exec going from being evil Borg drone to just plain incompetent. I know your position about the BBC executives, could you fill us in a little with some analysis of the

Re: [backstage] Open Flash

2008-05-03 Thread Dan Brickley
Dave Crossland wrote: 2008/5/2 Tim Dobson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: simon wrote: Adobe is removing restrictions on the use of the SWF and FLV/F4V specifications says Aral Balkan: http://aralbalkan.com/1332 Interesting, I thought. I'll be interested to get Dave Crossland's perspective on this.

Re: [backstage] Open Flash

2008-05-03 Thread Steve Jolly
Dan Brickley wrote: On top of that, things are set up for an equally classic you've tried the rest now try the best argument. If you've committed to Flash, best to use the real thing eh? Users have a choice now: they can get an implementation from the leaders or from the followers. (not my

Re: [backstage] Open Flash

2008-05-02 Thread Dave Crossland
2008/5/2 Tim Dobson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: simon wrote: Adobe is removing restrictions on the use of the SWF and FLV/F4V specifications says Aral Balkan: http://aralbalkan.com/1332 Interesting, I thought. I'll be interested to get Dave Crossland's perspective on this. Adobe's dominance in

RE: [backstage] Open Flash

2008-05-02 Thread Jeremy Stone
no better than the BBC executives who are routinely criticized on this list. blimey! stop damning us with faint praise Dave.

Re: [backstage] Open Flash

2008-05-02 Thread Dave Crossland
2008/5/2 Jeremy Stone [EMAIL PROTECTED]: no better than the BBC executives who are routinely criticized on this list. blimey! stop damning us with faint praise Dave. I look forward to the day when the BBC stops requiring proprietary software and stops imposing DRM :-) Until then, the BBC

Re: [backstage] Open Flash

2008-05-02 Thread Brian Butterworth
2008/5/2 Dave Crossland [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 2008/5/2 Tim Dobson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: simon wrote: Adobe is removing restrictions on the use of the SWF and FLV/F4V specifications says Aral Balkan: http://aralbalkan.com/1332 Interesting, I thought. I'll be interested to get Dave

[backstage] Open Flash

2008-05-01 Thread simon
Adobe is removing restrictions on the use of the SWF and FLV/F4V specifications says Aral Balkan: http://aralbalkan.com/1332 Interesting, I thought.

Re: [backstage] Open Flash

2008-05-01 Thread Brian Butterworth
If this is true it will 'put one up' Microsoft's Silverlight, won't it? On 01/05/2008, simon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Adobe is removing restrictions on the use of the SWF and FLV/F4V specifications says Aral Balkan: http://aralbalkan.com/1332 Interesting, I thought. -- Please email me

Re: [backstage] Open Flash

2008-05-01 Thread Tim Dobson
simon wrote: Adobe is removing restrictions on the use of the SWF and FLV/F4V specifications says Aral Balkan: http://aralbalkan.com/1332 Interesting, I thought. I'll be interested to get Dave Crossland's perspective on this. However the reasons for making the specifications restriction free

Re: [backstage] Open Flash

2008-05-01 Thread Brian Butterworth
http://www.betanews.com/article/Adobe_looks_to_push_Flash_through_Open_Screen_Project/1209654493 *Adobe said Thursday it is looking to provide developers with a consistent runtime environment across multiple platforms, which allows for simpler and quicker development.* Adobe has lined up an