[Foundation-l] The problem with Flash

[Gerard Meijssen]

Geni,
We do not need Kaltura to do our localisation. Our own communities can and
should do this. However, not even half of the languages we say we support
have half of the most relevant messages translated. So when I write that
there is a lot of work to do. We sure as hell have a lot of work to do.

Is VLC media player or are the OGG tools capable of creating collaboratively
a slide show ? If not, what is your argument you are comparing things that
cannot be compared.

You missed the point. It is not them that should be proud, it is US that
should be proud. We should be proud because our platform has the critical
mass where it makes a difference, the critical mass that attracts talent. We
should be proud, and be welcoming. This does not mean that you have to
involve yourself in the Kaltura project, that is for you to decide.

On Jan 20, 2008 11:22 PM, geni <geniice at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 20/01/2008, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hoi,
> > You argue as a developer; for a teacher it is irrelevant that something
> > could have been build in another way. They need educational material,
> any
> > material. The cost of replacing material is typically not an option. The
> > quality of the available educational material is often lacking or
> missing to
> > such an extend that it drives some of the more caring teachers into
> despair.
>
> VLC media player is free and other ogg tools are free. Flash tends not
> to be beyond a certain point
>
>
> > I agree with you that we should not subsume the world, not all their
> base
> > are ours. What we should do is build the best content that we can. It
> should
> > be free. What we should do is build the best software that we can. It
> should
> > be free. What we should do is promote the use of our platform, because
> it is
> > free. While we are at it, we should be friendly and inviting to all the
> > people who want to use our platform,  who are willing to build
> extensions on
> > top of our platform. We should be proud of the fact when an organisation
> > like  Kaltura chooses our platform to extend.
>
> Lots of people have built stuff on mediawiki. Problem is people are
> doing more then being proud in this case.
>
>
> > We need people to help with localisation.
>
> A US based startup is going to care about that why? we've already
> localised for most of the languages significant money is made in
>
>
> --
> geni
>
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