On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 8:14 PM, Brian<Brian.Mingus(a)colorado.edu> wrote:
A compromise is a win-win.
Compromising is not a good idea per se. It's only a good idea if it
advances your goals more than refusing to compromises. Some
compromises are bad and should not be accepted. If you put enough
importance on open standards, a fragmented web where authors need to
provide both H.264 and Theora to get optimal functionality is *better*
than one where everyone can just provide H.264 and ignores Theora. In
the first case, Theora will improve and become well-known, and maybe
stand a chance of eventually winning the format war. In the second,
Theora has lost, permanently.