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Quote: Originally Posted by JeffDM I don't understand why you don't think it's useful because it is a plug in. Plug ins aren't an alien concept to computer users. Because you might as well use Flash then. Why replace one plugin with a differe…
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Quote: Originally Posted by JeffDM I was wondering when third party solutions would begin to appear, here is one: Microsoft provides H.264 plug-in for Windows users of Firefox and Chrome Not very useful, since it's just a plugin. Not native…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Hiro How's that hilarious, it's merely the flip side of YOUR coin. A quite serious coin indeed. It's hilarious because the fact is that On2's business model relied on avoiding patents. Nice analysis here: http:/…
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Quote: Originally Posted by FreeRange Woderful! Ironic that it is MSFT that comes with the heavy hammer on Google's head. What hammer? All this is, is a plugin. Like Flash. It won't add h264 support to html5 video in Chrome. So it's basically …
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Quote: Originally Posted by nht There's plenty of money to be made in databases. Ask oracle. So why no Apple enterprise database offering? Because it's way out of Apple's swim lane. Ads apparently are not. Quote: The key is that in anta…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Hiro A) That's only speculation. That's hilarious coming from people who are actively spreading FUD by speculating about "surely WebM must be infringing on some patent somewhere". Quote: It's irrelevant. No co…
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Quote: Originally Posted by IQatEdo Please forgive me if this link has been posted previously: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/burnette/c...e_skin;content Last word? \ Yet another windbag who ignores the actual facts, and goes on an all-out at…
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Quote: Originally Posted by cg0def I am sick and tired of Google trying to explain how it is in everyone's best interest and how they are saving the little guy and the world from the evil that h.264 is. It doesn't matter if Google is lying abo…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Hiro Have you ever read the W3C patent policy?> here it is: http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/. Section 5 is the get down to business section and specifically item 3 allow patent grants to be ma…
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Quote: Originally Posted by anonymouse Just for the record, WebM can never become a W3C standard either since it will be a patent encumbered nightmare for anyone who attempts to use it. On the contrary. On2's business relied on avoiding infrin…
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Quote: Originally Posted by nvidia2008 insike, it's not about being paranoid. Concerns about Google aside, the issue is that WebM is a lousy codec that may already infringe patents and will certainly infringe patents as it is improved. Yes, it…
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Quote: Originally Posted by AdonisSMU Google already has a method of pushing video to iPhone. More importantly people aren't using their phones for video as it stands right now. However, with the Ipad, that may change as far as iOS video usage. …
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Quote: Originally Posted by nht I don't believe that there's any secret that they are competing and that iAds is a shot across the bow at Google to back off. What utter nonsense. Do you really think a company like Apple would be so retarded as…
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Quote: Originally Posted by anonymouse Well, it looks like insike's shift has started again. He hasn't said anything new, or actually responded to anything in a meaningful way, so there's no point in following his mistaken arguments around the ci…
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Quote: Originally Posted by nht It's just odd for Google to make these moves against Apple. Why are so many Apple fans paranoid on behalf of Apple? Quote: By pushing WebM on Chrome the only likely outcome will be a better Safari to attempt…
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Quote: Originally Posted by AdonisSMU You Apple sheeple crack me up. How dare you insert fact into this discussion. "Facts", like paranoid delusions? Nice. Quote: Originally Posted by MacRulez URL to a legal judgment demonstrating patent…
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Quote: Originally Posted by anonymouse It's actually pretty funny the way you post links, as though they actually prove your statements, when in fact they don't do anything of the sort. Is it that you don't bother to read them or that you hope we…
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Quote: Originally Posted by AdonisSMU Who is going to install WebM as a system codec? Seriously? Simple. YouTube could just go "here, click this link and answer yes to the questions".
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Quote: Originally Posted by geezmo A mid-term solution that would appease both Apple and open web fanatics is: all browsers commit support to at least one common royalty-free codec (any royalty-free codec, doesn't need to be WebM). Quote: Doe…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Firefly7475 You can go to an open air cinema, but you still have to buy a ticket before you go it! This has got nothing to do with open standards. Quote: The problem is that the word "open" is inherently ambigu…