As anyone who attended the Videography Open Media Roundtable at NAB will remember, Apple does not embrace AAF, claiming that everything it has is already built into QuickTime 3.0. This article can't resolve this issue, but it is certainly one we'll keep watching. The final area is management, which Avid is addressing with their Open Media Management Initiative. OMMI describes how Avid's data structures are organized and allows any asset management system to understand and manage the data used by Avid systems. It would be nice is everything just worked together already, but it doesn't.
Every computer seems to use the same size computer disc and the same file system.
Although the content may be in a different language, it can always be read. Our industry has a long way to go before we reach that point, and there will certainly be many bumps in the road.