This is a strange article. H.264 is clearly the leader, and clearly the best video codec available today. But everyone already knows that, and so it isn't news.

This is a strange article. H.264 is clearly the leader, and clearly the best video codec available today. But everyone already knows that, and so it isn't news. The news is VP8, which will finally give H.264 some competition. "Microsoft won - makes up 90% of desktop market" isn't news. "ChromeOS captures 50% of desktop market": now that would be news.