Imagine a requirement for a specific language to access information! So why a specific locked video format? Using open standards provides really open access.
L'Assemblée Nationale prévoit de migrer prochainement vers Linux. Les députés français ne pourront bientôt plus accéder à ce service du Conseil de l'Europe ?!!!
Please use Open (non-proprietary) Standards so anyone can access this information using their preferred Operating System, browser and media softeware. One should not be forced to purchase a Microsoft product before one is able to watch the streamed content or any other information the EU offers on their website(s).
Failing to support open standards and independent solutions in this way, gives yet more proof that the EU still is just a trading association with some democratic veneer on top.
If you can't use xvid/mp3 because of patents not applicable in Europe, use theora/vorbis, that are patent free.
As a public institution your service must be accessible on a standard and open format.
We should not be locked into formats controlled by private companies such as Microsoft and Apple. Open formats such as those developed by the open source software communities are in the long-term advantage for the human race.
Using a format that is only viewable by a priviliged number of people makes me wonder: who do they really represent?
Using open standards should be a natural thing to do.
W£hy should we be forced to buy products from a company who has been convicted of illegal behaviour? What kind of message does this send the average soccer hooligan?
Gouvernemental bodies should use open standards whenever possible. In this case, open standard alternatives for closed ``standards'' are available. The use of open standards in this case will improve the democratic process because people will not be locked out by the use of proprietary standards.
