Re: This is the digital image era

[Ronny Standtke <Ronny.Standtke@gmx.net>]

Hi,

The discussion of including proprietary codecs is a very difficult subject 
with many clashing ideas and will probably cause another flamewar. Just look 
here for all possible arguments that can be raised in both directions
http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/22/207231
It is known that Klaus has strong views in favor of open standards and to the 
disadvantage of proprietary stuff. It's a valid position.
And by the way, OpenOffice import/export filters do not really fall into the 
category of multimedia codecs. The filters are (somewhat reverse engineered) 
pieces of "legal" open source software, not some binary-only Windows 
libraries.

> So I repeat them publicly here, hoping for some support that will help 
> preserve Knoppix's notoriety. I believe notoriety is important.

Did you really mean "notoriety" (bad word) or did you mean "reputation" (good 
word)?

Greetings

Ronny