David Hyatt wrote: > On Dec 12, 2007, at 6:38 AM, Elliotte Rusty Harold wrote: >> David Hyatt wrote: >>> Fear of submarine patents is only one reason Apple is not interested >>> in Theora. There are several other reasons. H.264 is a technically >>> superior solution to Theora. Ignoring IP issues, there would be no >>> reason to pick Theora over H.264. Everyone wants an open freely >>> implementable codec, but it doesn't follow that Theora should >>> automatically be that codec. About the only argument I've heard in >>> favor of Theora is that "it's open", but that is an argument based >>> purely on IP and not on technical merits.
>> Openness is a prerequisite. Technical adequacy is a prerequisite. The
>> technically best solution is not a prerequisite. In case it isn't
>> obvious yet, an open, adequate format is preferred over a better
>> proprietary one.
> I don't think that is obvious at all,
I think its extremely obvious and critically important to more and more
end-users. Apple would do well to consider this issue in more depth.
--
Jeff McAdams
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a
little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
-- Benjamin Franklin
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