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[Daniel James]

> I think we need to promote the fact that Ogg has become widely
> adopted at this point

Within the libre software community, perhaps. I seriously doubt it has 
the 'brand recognition' of MP3 or Real Audio.

> MP3 streaming simply 
> wastes bandwidth

This is the killer advantage of oggcasting, in my view - the 
mainstream server users care far more about money than about 
principles, unfortunately.

> MP3 isn't accessable everywhere because 
> of patent issues (ie, Redhat).

Red Hat may not ship MP3 decoders, but I really doubt this is 
significant in terms of listener market share. MP3 is still far more 
accessible than Vorbis among internet users generally.

Cheers

Daniel

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