Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 30th Apr 2008 17:40 UTC
While the technologies used on the web have always been mostly free, with non-free technologies delegated to non-essential parts of the net, this has been changing fast, lately. The popularity of YouTube has demonstrated the pervasiveness of Adobe's Flash, to an extent where not having Flash is one of the big downsides to any alternative operating system. And to possibly make matters worse, Microsoft is pushing its proprietary Silverlight technology. The founder of Mozilla Europe, Tristan Nitot, warns for "the dangers of the proprietary web".
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"...that Adobe's Flash is not compatible with the open web, and that Adobe may open source it if Silverlight's competition becomes too fierce."
So, ironically, perhaps one should use MS Silverlight, to foster the competition, to encourage Adobe to open-source Flash? Hah