On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 05:48:47PM +0200, Eddy Petrișor wrote: > On 26/02/2008, Alexander Sack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes, but face the truth: unfortunately, neither debian nor linux in > > total have enough market power (read: userbase) to make much of a > > difference yet. We are getting closer to that point, but that doesn't > > mean that its wise to start the battle right away. > > > > So for the time being, its looks far better to put the work into > > something that provides users with a superior user experience; for > > instance, superior by choice (like what the plugin finder improvement > > would do); grow the user base and once we are mature enough to have > > real power, throw in our weight to finally free the world. > > I agree with Alexander. Even if gnash was more stable, having a tool t > switch/enable the plugin you want is a lot more desirable than loosing > the battle before it begins. >
Thanks, even more so if you consider that we have swfdec-mozilla which still didn't loose the free-flash battle. Actually, swfdec does quite well (and even works better for some use-cases), so ignoring their work wouldn't be fair either. - Alexander
