[LAU] ffmpeg or libav

[Len Ovens]

On Sun, January 13, 2013 9:36 am, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Sunday 13 January 2013 12:32:52 Len Ovens did opine:
> Message additions Copyright Sunday 13 January 2013 by Gene Heskett
>
>> On Sun, January 13, 2013 9:16 am, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>> > On Sun, 13 Jan 2013 17:47:42 +0100, Len Ovens <len at ovenwerks.net>
> wrote:
>> >> Anyway, just my feelings
>> >
>> > Not only your feelings, you're absolutely right. In some cases the
>> > issue below the surface has nothing or at least less to do with the
>> > supposed subject. Hierarchic encounters, territorial fights most of
>> > the times are reasons that cause this issues. Take a look at the jobs
>> > of the people who are involved in the most popular Linux wars ;).
>>
>> And perhaps just one more reason so many people continue to use Windows.
>
> That, to me is a grand miss-conception on the viewers part, he fails to
> see
> that exactly the same sorts of things take place within the closed
> confines
> of the M$ world.  There is /no/ functional difference.
>
> IMO, the people who take Redmonds proclamations as the one true gospel,
> are
> reading the wrong "bible".

That I understand (and calling them different religions is exactly right).
What I understand and what the "general public" understands are two
different things. Look at things from the POV of the new user who has used
windows since they started using any computer. Someone who is going to
start trying Linux because they have heard a lot about it or a friend
tells them. They will likely end up with one of the bigger distros that is
easy to install and has a good online help base... RH or Ubuntu come to
mind.... Probably not debian OTOH even though there is no real reason not
to. If things don't work right and they have to compile something to get
it working... they go back to "reading the wrong "bible"."

-- 
Len Ovens
www.OvenWerks.net