[vorbis] Philips && vorbis support

[Paul de Weerd]

On Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 04:20:56PM -0700, Todd Bradley wrote:
| > As you can read, they have no intention to support Ogg Vorbis 
| > in the near future. Perhaps if more of us ask for this kind 
| > of support, they will be interested in adding support. So, go 
| > to the philips website and ask for Vorbis support ! Spread 
| > the word ! ;)
| 
| Ogg Vorbis is going to have to become a LOT more
| widely used for Philips or any other manufacturer
| to take it seriously.  And the average consumer
| will have to be convinced of its advantages over
| MP3.  Appealing to the open-ness of the algorithms
| is enough for most of the current users, but it
| won't be enough for the mass market, I'm afraid.

True, but asking Philips for support often enough will probably get
people to think again about saying no to supporting Vorbis. They
support WMA, why not Ogg ? If one guy asks, then only one guy wants
it. If a hundred guys(m/f) ask, then part of a community that wants
support asks because that specific part wants Philips+Ogg, but then
there must also be a market where people want Ogg support but don't
ask Philips (for whatever reason).

A mosquito doesn't leave after taking one swing at it. You must get
out of bed, hunt it down and kill it before it stops bothering you.
(strange analogy perhaps, i know - i just hope people understand ;)

Mass market support must start somewhere....

Paul 'WEiRD' de Weerd


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