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On2 was the original owner of Duck.com which Google paid ~$102m for in August of 2009. Doubt this was related to fear of DuckDuckGo.com but that sure would be
by aresant 16y ago
On2 was the original owner of Duck.com which Google paid ~$102m for in August of 2009.
Doubt this was related to fear of DuckDuckGo.com but that sure would be a nice domain pickup!
http://techcrunch.com/2009/08/05/google-acquires-video-compression-technology-company-on2-for-106-million/ http://techcrunch.com/2009/08/05/google-acquires-video-compr...
- msbarnett 16y agoI'm curious, if you don't think it's related to DuckDuckGo.com, what do you think the point of their buying the domain for 100 million and pointing it at their search page was? Is duck slang for search in some areas, or languages, or something?
- melvinram 16y agoThe On2 purchase was about video codec technology as I understand it. On2 used to be known as The Duck Corporation so that is why they owned duck.com. The domain just came with the deal.
- msbarnett 16y agoAh, that makes sense. Also, to those down-voting: that was an honest question. I was not aware of the naming history of On2. Please familiarize yourself with the voting etiquette here.
- rmc 16y agoOn2 created what is now called WebM, a video code that Google is promoting instead of H264. Google (and others, pike Gorilla) believe that h264 is patent encumbered and not in keeping with the web's open nature. This is why FireFox doesn't play h264. By put purchasing On2 and releasing WebM, Google is trying to prevent video on the web from being controlled by one patent pool. They paid all that money to try to protect the web's openness.
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