Go easy on me, this is my first comment on HN. I see couple of other things, apart from free and royalty side of arguments. My story goes like this: when Appl

Go easy on me, this is my first comment on HN. I see couple of other things, apart from free and royalty side of arguments. My story goes like this: when Apple released iOS device in 2007, H264 was the better choice for mobiles with hardware decoders. Google converted Youtube videos to H264 to support iOS devices. Rest of the world followed. Both Apple and Google wins and they are happy to promote H264 for the wider adoption. Then after three years, a different competitive landscape, with Android popularity even without H264 hardware decoders advantage, at the same time Apple support to H264 but not to flash, gives big strategic advantage to Goolge to move world away from H264 to its own alternative (openness helps the cause). Win to Google, Lose to Apple. Its not important anymore which desktop browser support what. We can work with multiple browsers on our desktops/laptops. Its all about to whose advantage it plays out in mobile devices space. That is why we will see lot of FUD in future in this space while Google and Apple fight for their interests in name of openness.