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How could anyone write an analysis only a few hours after such a complicated technology is released? It's also full of IANAL and yet still FUDing about how it's

How could anyone write an analysis only a few hours after such a complicated technology is released? It's also full of IANAL and yet still FUDing about how it's probably full of patents (as if google was dumb enough not to check patents). It looks to me like he had his opinion already formed on his previous use of VP8 and just published it today on time to make a big splash. Edit: it looks like this article was released a few minutes after Google announcement... Edit2: it looks like he had access to the spec a few days ago. I still think that Google is not putting their money blindly into VP8 though, they have the money to pay hundreds of analysis like this one and they sure did a lot of them, so it's either good enough or they have plans to make it good soon enough. Still better than x264 for people involved in free/open source like me.

crystalis 16y ago
In the second sentence, before he even addresses the attention deficient, "Fortunately, it seems I was able to acquire access to the VP8 spec, software, and source a good few days before the official release and so was able to perform a detailed technical analysis in time for the official release." In the comments here, where you might find people discussing e.g., validity, you can find the author commenting on this "issue" further: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1361739 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1361739 Not to mention an x264 developer is a lot more interested in VP8 succeeding than H264... If you have any actual concerns, rather than the cargo cult concerns that seem similar to those more intelligent people may voice in situations when they're actually informed on a topic, please mention them.
AndrejM 16y ago
Have you RTFA? He states: "Fortunately, it seems I was able to acquire access to the VP8 spec, software, and source a good few days before the official release"
evgen 16y ago
The author had access to a release candidate version but was under NDA until the official announcement.

crystalis 16y ago

In the second sentence, before he even addresses the attention deficient, "Fortunately, it seems I was able to acquire access to the VP8 spec, software, and source a good few days before the official release and so was able to perform a detailed technical analysis in time for the official release." In the comments here, where you might find people discussing e.g., validity, you can find the author commenting on this "issue" further: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1361739 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1361739 Not to mention an x264 developer is a lot more interested in VP8 succeeding than H264... If you have any actual concerns, rather than the cargo cult concerns that seem similar to those more intelligent people may voice in situations when they're actually informed on a topic, please mention them.

AndrejM 16y ago

Have you RTFA? He states: "Fortunately, it seems I was able to acquire access to the VP8 spec, software, and source a good few days before the official release"

evgen 16y ago

The author had access to a release candidate version but was under NDA until the official announcement.