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RE: HTML 5 drops open-source video codec
Honestly.. why do we care what Apple wants to implement? They have a very very small percentage of the market place for web browsing. Firefox has already implemented Ogg...it is the second largest browser base. Microsoft is just not going to do anything quickly, so when Firefox starts pulling away more of its marketshare...it will move to Ogg as well. Unless the H.264 becomes free from its patent issues by then.

Apple is completely not a factor here. They will create whatever proprietary locked down solution they can for any problem as they are always looking for the most closed way to do things in order to create more and more lock in for the 8% of the PC market out there using them.
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Codec silliness  Joe_Raby | 07/06/09
Not that we need an open source codec any way  LBiege | 07/06/09
The argument  daengbo | 07/07/09
Video for Everybody  linuser | 07/06/09
RE: HTML 5 drops open-source video codec  condelirios | 07/06/09
You do realize that H.264 is an open standard, right?  frgough | 07/06/09
Wrong again Mactards  Unix Pimp | 07/06/09
Maybe you'll be more polite after some coffee?  KWRussell | 07/06/09
But it is an ISO standard just like any MPEG CODEC...  CowLauncher | 07/06/09
I believe the point...  storm14k | 07/06/09
TANSTAAFL  frgough | 07/06/09
"Open" as in how?  Joe_Raby | 07/06/09
Open as in anyone can use it  frgough | 07/06/09
I'm not an FOSS zealot  Joe_Raby | 07/06/09
Not really.  Socratesfoot | 07/06/09
Agree - I won't go to NBC.com because of the codec  BillDem | 07/06/09
Actually, SVG is supported by everything but IE  WulfTheSaxon | 07/19/09
As well...  CowLauncher | 07/06/09
BINK!!!!!!  Maarek | 07/06/09
Mozilla pwned!  directory | 07/06/09
Just implement an open-source codec and get it over with...  Grayson Peddie | 07/06/09
The problem is....  Joe_Raby | 07/06/09
Then an open standard video codec will be just fine for HTML 5.  Grayson Peddie | 07/06/09
Terrible...  Larsix | 07/06/09

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