[Foundation-l] Freedom, standards, and file formats

[Sue Gardner]

mboverload wrote:
> Just a general response:
> 
> Wikipedia, being one of the top 10 websites on Earth, has enormous
> power.  People are not going to go to a Wikipedia page and see a video
> and not want to play it.  "A highly trustworthy site is using a video
> format that I can't view.  I'll just give up".
> 
> No, they are going to follow the link "If you can't see this video
> click here" and install the viewer.  You just then need to get some
> video into some mainstream articles.  Wikipedia then has just
> single-handily expanded the install base for Theora, and it's down the
> slippery slope to widespread adoption.

Do we have any evidence to support this?





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