Not sure why Google is getting so much hate. I would direct it at the following instead: - MPEG-LA - Firefox - Opera I'm not sure what everyone expected he

Not sure why Google is getting so much hate. I would direct it at the following instead: - MPEG-LA - Firefox - Opera I'm not sure what everyone expected here. There was no way that h.264 would be the standard format for the video tag. This is one of many moves to push WebM forward as the undisputed standard. It's been less than 1 year since public announcement of WebM, and Google IO is around the corner in May '11. Expect more positive news on the WebM front. There are 3 major arguments left standing against WebM 1) h.264 is better than vp8 2) prevalent hardware support for WebM 3) iOS Would anyone really be that surprised if 2 of the 3 are addressed within the year?