It doesn't help that the US government has access to the Windows source code and the ability to spoof Microsoft's CSA to sign anycode they want (see Stuxnet, Duqu)

Why are you making Slashdot feel like some kid's wordpress? Keep the full width fluid design! fixed width is for new designers who don't know how to cope with intelligent design. I ask that you give us a "Classic view" but that would undermine the urgency of my subject line.

What about allowing eith a type="MPEG-2" method or a new codec="Theora" and putting on the the browser software to determine how and what to play? Its not great but it makes embeding a video much simpler to the layman and opens the doorway for an open source codec to come in the future and nestle its way into the hearts of nerds everywhere. Somebody put together a committy to build an Open Source internet video codec that is designed from the ground up to work with todays internet.

With computers loaded up with this much RAM, and with Virtualization technologies such as VMware and Hyper-V why cant we have entire virtual server clusters running completely in RAM other then the excruciating cost?