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Let me consult my list of companies which would benefit from WebM: Google Don't pretend for one second this is actually about "open standards".
by itg 16y ago
Let me consult my list of companies which would benefit from WebM: Google
Don't pretend for one second this is actually about "open standards".
- jokermatt999 16y agoActually, Mozilla and Opera would also benefit from not having to license H264. Other than the lack of license fees, how would Google benefit?
- kenjackson 16y agoThey get to screw Apple. Apple has built an existing HW ecosystem and has a highly tuned sw tools for H264. With WebM Google gets to say, "Throw all that away -- now you're behind us technologically Apple."
- ZeroGravitas 16y agoRegarding Apple's "highly tuned sw tools for H264", you know that their H.264 encoder in Quicktime/iTunes is abysmal, right? There's an x264 plugin for Quicktime which is much preferable to the encoders built into most proprietary products, but Apple's is particularly bad.
- beej71 16y agoAnd Apple is telling Google GFY and taking record profits. Why is that state of affairs going to change?
- nitrogen 16y agoYour list of companies is rather incomplete, and should include every non-H264-licensing company on the planet that ever created a training or marketing video.