[MPlayer-dev-eng] 2006 OSDL desktop linux report

[Compn]

OSDL has come out with a nice 2006 year-end report on the state of desktop 
Linux.

http://www.desktoplinux.com/articles/AT3453502692.html

In its report it mentions how using binary video card drivers is a bad idea.
But later on the page it says how Fluendo will be making binary video codecs
for linux users. 

"Fluendo recently announced that they are making available plug-ins to handle 
Windows Media Audio, Video, and MMS streaming protocol, MPEG-2 video decoding, 
MPEG-4 Part 2 video decoding, ASF container format demuxing, MPEG-2 Program and 
Transport Stream container format demuxing, MPEG-4 ISO container format demuxing 
and MP3 audio. Further CODECs are planned for release by Fluendo over the course 
of 2007."

The report ignores the hard work of open source projects like FFmpeg and 
MPlayer.
Both of which have had free open source support for those formats and codecs
for years. It also fails to mention why using binary codecs is not a problem
where using binary drivers is.