On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 1:12 PM, Adrian Bateman <adrianba@microsoft.com>wrote: > I'm not convinced that binary APIs in User Agents between their > implementation > of the Encrypted Media API and their underlying approach to CDMs should be > the > focus of the W3C. This is like suggesting that NPAPI should be specified as > part of the <object> element specification. Had I been around at the time (and had sufficient foresight) I would definitely have suggested that public NPAPI specs be the only approved way for <object> to load plugins into the browser. (NPAPI spec work wasn't public initially, but that was a mistake that eventually got fixed.) ActiveX attempted to capture the Web with a vendor-specific, platform-specific plugin framework. I don't want anything analogous to happen with CDMs. Rob -- “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. ... If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? And if you greet only your own people, what are you doing more than others?" [Matthew 5:43-47]
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