I can hardly contain my disgust at Google's move, and the utterly vapid rationale behind it. I'll just hope that some of you will consider the effect this has on video professionals, who see the world very differently than software developers do. Jan Ozer at Streaming Media wrote a commentary, "Commentary: Welcome to the Two-Codec World", that starts to bring their concerns to the table:
http://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/Editorial/Featured-Articles/Commentary-Welcome-to-the-Two-Codec-World-73204.aspx Last paragraph: "I also know that whatever leverage Google uses, they still haven't created any positive reason to distribute video in WebM format. They haven't created any new revenue opportunities, opened any new markets or increased the size of the pie. They've just made it more expensive to get your share, all in the highly ethereal pursuit of "open codec technologies." So, if you do check your wallet, sometime soon, you'll start to see less money in it, courtesy of Google." --Chris -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
