Ben Lutgens wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 06:10:53PM -0500, Florin Iucha wrote:
> >
> >Such as royalty free encoding/decoding? I think that's a good reason.
> 
> O.k. this is the last post I'll make on such a touchy subject.
> 
> When was the last time you paid a royalty.
> 

You're missing the point.

> >
> >Not necessary free as in beer but free as in speech: as a manufacturer you
> >are not at the mercy of the licencing...
> 
> I could really care less about that, give me some stuff that uses vorbis and
> I'll switch. Right now, mp3 is the status quo. Untill that changes, I´m gonna
> stay with mp3. I don't think of things from the vendor standpoint, why would
> I? I'm a consumer. That's the way it is.

That's exactly the attitude that will make Ogg Vorbis fail. And we all
lose if it fails. It should be our responisibility to do as much as we
can to help Ogg and any other open standard succeed. Come-on Ben, get
with it. You're beginning to sound like a Microsoftie. Me, Me, Me.

And if you would do a little research you'd figure out that a lot of
apps do support Ogg, and many more will in the future. The more it's
used, the faster it will be accepted as a standard.

Where would Linux be if everyone said "Give me some stuff that uses
Linux and I'll switch"?