[Xiph-Advocacy] Response to Nokia position paper

[Matthew Flaschen]

xiphmont at xiph.org wrote:
> On Dec 9, 2007 11:30 PM, Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Dec 7, 2007 5:31 PM, Conrad Parker <conrad at metadecks.org> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Ralph pointed out the bizarrely misinformed position paper that Nokia
>>> has prepared for the upcoming W3 Video on the Web Workshop:
>>>
>>> http://www.w3.org/2007/08/video/positions/Nokia.pdf
>>>
>>> In particular, it recommends against Ogg Theora, calling it "proprietary":
>> http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=384173&cid=21634443
> 
> A company the size of Nokia actually sees fit to publish an official
> position paper opposing Theora?  I had no idea we were edging on that
> level of success.

Indeed.  It appears Ogg is at step 3 of 4 in the Ghandi program
(http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga103630.html).

Matt Flaschen