On Sep 29, 2010, at 9:28 AM, Jesse Thompson wrote: > You are probably right, but an Apple-only solution won't cut it in the real > world. I wish you were right about your claims of FaceTime being a > completely open protocol. I am skeptical.
All I can tell you is that Apple has said that they are committed to making Facetime a true open standard. Whether or not they actually deliver on this promise is something that only time will tell. Certainly, what we know about Facetime so far is that it is largely built on existing open standards, and even if Apple didn't deliver on their promise, I would hope that it wouldn't be too hard to create a real open standard that delivers the same functionality. At that point, Apple would be forced to choose whether to continue with their proprietary implementation or support the open standard. Since part of the purpose of Facetime (and Apple's claim to be committed to turning it into a true open standard) is that it would give them a really strong weapon to use in their fight against the Microsoft/Google/Skype Hegemony, I think Apple's choice in this matter is pretty clear. But the only thing we can be certain of is that time will tell. -- Brad Knowles <b...@shub-internet.org> LinkedIn Profile: <http://tinyurl.com/y8kpxu> _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list Tech@lopsa.org http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
