Re: [rtcweb] On babies and bathwater (was Re: Summary of Application Developers' opinions of the current WebRTC API and SDP as a control surface)

Cullen Jennings <fluffy@iii.ca> Sat, 20 July 2013 00:52 UTC

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Subject: Re: [rtcweb] On babies and bathwater (was Re: Summary of Application Developers' opinions of the current WebRTC API and SDP as a control surface)
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On Jul 19, 2013, at 9:54 AM, Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com> wrote:

> Negotiation is a hole.  A vast, soul-sucking, waste of time.

That's might be closer to true when you control both ends, like Skype.

It's not true when a browser from one vendor running an application from a scone vendor needs to talk to video conferencing system from a third vendor.