- From: Avaro Olivier <olivier.avaro@cnet.francetelecom.fr>
- Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 22:42:12 +0900
- To: Rob Lanphier <robla@real.com>
- CC: Cliff Anderson <canderson@integritysi.com>, www-smil@w3.org
Hi Rob, all > All this said, I don't see SMIL as "competing", so, since the subject line > seems to imply that, I'd better put the standard disclaimer here. I think > that MPEG4 is interesting in its own right, and a SMIL/MPEG4 combination > could be very powerful. I agree. Still, I do not yet see this convergence happening anywhere. I do not see the two communities talking together. I see parallel development in different fora that do not meet nor talk together. If we do not make the convergence happen, there will be some kind of competition, which may also be fine, but will create much confusion on the market during some time and let some probably useless blood on the track. We can deliberatly go this way. I remember that MPEG-4 and VRML once had the same problem to tackle : very different communities, languages, and possible competition between the two projects. It finally appeared, that the collaboration choice was the best strategy for this game. Though sometimes boring and painful it is the best way to go. MPEG-4 and VRML have now common discussion fora, often meet together and do their best to converge the spec. Regards, Olivier
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