So far I'm indifferent to this news because it does not seem to affect anyone. I think what you're referring to as the "effect on video professionals" is described in the article as follows:
"In addition, I know that if your encoding facilities are working at or near capacity, you'll have to buy more computers, add more encoding tools, add some encoding expertise, and double your future storage space if WebM takes off." There are some clear parallels to banning Flash, Java and -- for a while anyway -- competing development environments from the iWorld. I recall you being able to "contain your disgust" there. Not being a video professional myself, I'm clearly misunderstanding your position. With kind regards Ben On 13 Jan., 22:32, Chris Adamson <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/Co... > > 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.
