Obviously we're going to miscommunicate about open standards if you think standards like H.264 are open standards when they're not. Even Apple and Steve Jobs usually makes this distinction e.g. in Thoughts on Flash H.264 is referred to as an "industry standard" while all the web tech is repeatedly called "open standards".
Regarding video chat, we don't seem to be moving forward here. Do we agree that Apple has intentionally limited the software available to older iPhones? That it is actually physically possible to receive(!) video calls on a phone without a front facing camera, and that there is a market demand for it, both demonstrated by Fring having this feature on iPhone? (A quick google reveals many commenters first reaction to this feature in Fring is: why can't I use the camera on the back of my iPhone?)
> Obviously we're going to miscommunicate about open standards if you think standards like H.264 are open standards when they're not.
They are, by most (if not all) industrial definitions of open standards.
> Do we agree that Apple has intentionally limited the software available to older iPhones? That it is actually physically possible to receive(!) video calls on a phone without a front facing camera
Of course, why wouldn't it be?
> and that there is a market demand for it, both demonstrated by Fring having this feature on iPhone?
Not so sure about an actual market (other than fringe) on the subject, no.
Regarding video chat, we don't seem to be moving forward here. Do we agree that Apple has intentionally limited the software available to older iPhones? That it is actually physically possible to receive(!) video calls on a phone without a front facing camera, and that there is a market demand for it, both demonstrated by Fring having this feature on iPhone? (A quick google reveals many commenters first reaction to this feature in Fring is: why can't I use the camera on the back of my iPhone?)