From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 3 07:50:28 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1083A1065672 for ; Sat, 3 Oct 2009 07:50:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (gate6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 973FE8FC18 for ; Sat, 3 Oct 2009 07:50:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n937oM8A002756; Sat, 3 Oct 2009 08:50:24 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.8.3 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk n937oM8A002756 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=infracaninophile.co.uk; s=200708; t=1254556224; bh=AcW0LBzi51igIn7UioeSl49ssOnCC0WpBajroaaC36E=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:MIME-Version:To:CC:Subject:References: In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Cc:Content-Type:Date:From:In-Reply-To: Message-ID:Mime-Version:References:To; z=Message-ID:=20<4AC70238.1000209@infracaninophile.co.uk>|Date:=20S at,=2003=20Oct=202009=2008:50:16=20+0100|From:=20Matthew=20Seaman= 20|Organization:=20Infracaninophi le|User-Agent:=20Thunderbird=202.0.0.23=20(X11/20090823)|MIME-Vers ion:=201.0|To:=20"Lucian=20@=20lastdot.org"=20 |CC:=20freebsd-questions@freebsd.org|Subject:=20Re:=20Voting=20for =20a=20native=20i386/amd64=20flash=20player|References:=20<28f938b 10910021725p7e615617xf21639d3fb7fcc9d@mail.gmail.com>=09<4AC6A26E. 9080405@gmail.com>=09<4297a9020910021815p60858505w89abbfa909b99340 @mail.gmail.com>=09<20091003045640.GA28502@guilt.hydra>=20<5a3c8f4 50910022228k3c196b6ay1acc3031716d673d@mail.gmail.com>|In-Reply-To: =20<5a3c8f450910022228k3c196b6ay1acc3031716d673d@mail.gmail.com>|X -Enigmail-Version:=200.95.6|Content-Type:=20multipart/signed=3B=20 micalg=3Dpgp-sha256=3B=0D=0A=20protocol=3D"application/pgp-signatu re"=3B=0D=0A=20boundary=3D"------------enig1CE424CF1F93C136DAA4542 6"; b=3l7VDBy/XfFMz7qo7ppXO5FuwKQXqb5oKvdun6ujFpjutcWDxNUntlb4QZgV7NQiL 3MwSBgtAU8v/8Ko+ubDxFvZznN4VpthoqwF9Wad6N/Ts0HczgnPUbvb7DXAaIyPAK7 Km7KI0nbqEzFUN+ZvuG75z6oR6HC0wckmfDZY424= X-Authentication-Warning: happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk: Host localhost [IPv6:::1] claimed to be happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk Message-ID: <4AC70238.1000209@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Sat, 03 Oct 2009 08:50:16 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman Organization: Infracaninophile User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20090823) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Lucian @ lastdot.org" References: <28f938b10910021725p7e615617xf21639d3fb7fcc9d@mail.gmail.com> <4AC6A26E.9080405@gmail.com> <4297a9020910021815p60858505w89abbfa909b99340@mail.gmail.com> <20091003045640.GA28502@guilt.hydra> <5a3c8f450910022228k3c196b6ay1acc3031716d673d@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5a3c8f450910022228k3c196b6ay1acc3031716d673d@mail.gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig1CE424CF1F93C136DAA45426" X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.95.2 at happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VERIFIED,NO_RELAYS autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Voting for a native i386/amd64 flash player X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 03 Oct 2009 07:50:28 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig1CE424CF1F93C136DAA45426 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Lucian @ lastdot.org wrote: > On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 5:56 AM, Chad Perrin wrote= : >> On Fri, Oct 02, 2009 at 08:15:07PM -0500, J Sisson wrote: >>> And if enough people petition Microsoft, we can get them to release W= indows >>> 7 source under the GPL. >>> >>> Reality called...your request to ignore it was denied. >> Actually, we *could*. The problem is the definition of "enough". I'm= >> sure that if you got 100% of the Windows users in the world to do so, >> Microsoft top brass would be hard-pressed to avoid acquiescing. >> Meanwhile, I'm sure that if you got 1% to do so, it would raise some >> eyebrows at Microsoft, but utterly fail to get MS executives to put a >> moment's thought into making that kind of licensing change, except >> perhaps to laugh at it. The problem is figuring out the exact thresho= ld, >> somewhere between 1% and 100%. >> >> In other words, to quote an old off-color joke: >> >> "We've already established you're a prostitute, my dear. Now we're= >> just haggling over the price." >> >> -- >> Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]= >> >=20 > Better pray for Theora's mass adoption on streaming sites :-) Google apparently favours HTML-5 as their future direction, rather than Flash. And where YouTube goes, the rest of the world will surely follow,= at least as far as Video streaming is concerned. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW --------------enig1CE424CF1F93C136DAA45426 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.13 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEAREIAAYFAkrHAj4ACgkQ8Mjk52CukIytvQCfUhCvagyibAbaaMzEtkdt7V8Q 6NgAn3DdMNyZRH7M3z5Hj18lcIXuVJd1 =X2Iq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig1CE424CF1F93C136DAA45426--