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

[Thomas Dalton]

2008/9/28 Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell at gmail.com>:
> On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 5:28 PM, Sue Gardner <sgardner at wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>> 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?
>
> To the more general question of "Does this approach work for anyone?",
> absolutely yes: Thats how flash was adopted. Sites said 'click-here'.
> People clicked.

It's also how viruses and spyware become so prevalent - people
generally don't understand what's going on and just do what they're
told.