Usually Google brings the big guns to their IO conference. Last year, the WebM project was announced. This year, some other surprise that will probably make t

Usually Google brings the big guns to their IO conference. Last year, the WebM project was announced. This year, some other surprise that will probably make this discussion irrelevant. I'd rather spend time guessing on what the big surprise will be this year regarding web video than debating the effects of Chrome dropping h.264. The ONLY thing I take from this move by Google is they have intention to take down h.264, and that in itself is enough to prepare myself for the possibility of serving 2 formats. It's just one move in a series of moves Google has been and will be making.