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byRedK ( 112790 ) writes:
Let the market decide. Too bad we've already been down that road and it wasn't pretty at all...
byV!NCENT ( 1105021 ) writes:
People use Wikipedia. In order to see it, sysadmins in companies and schools will support it. Firefox will support it. Linux distro's will support it. So OGG video support will enter the Windows world. H.264 will not be available on all platforms.
Not all Linux distro's will support h.264. Firefox will not support it. So In order for Google to get the widest audience it either needs to continue flash (check Gnash progress; the future looks good) or go for OGG.
I think people should fight for OGG, but I am con
byRedK ( 112790 ) writes:
This same argument has been made for more than 15 years about every piece of opensource software. In the end, Microsoft gets to decide, if they even implement <video> at all. That's what I've been referring to by saying we've been down that road before. And guess what, Microsoft will probably go over to h.264, not Ogg Theora. And guess what, Firefox will have h.264 support when all is said and done.
bysadler121 ( 735320 ) writes:
Unless there is a miracle and Software Patents are deemed illegal, Firefox will never support H.264. Being tri-licensed at least the GPL/LGPL would prevent Mozilla from licensing H.264.
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byRedK ( 112790 ) writes:
Or they could you know, ship 2 versions, one for the United States without h.264 and one for the rest of the world where the patent isn't valid. It's been done before with strong encryption browsers, I don't see why it wouldn't be feasible to do it again. In the end, that's the Mozilla Foundation's problem and they'll have to find a solution, because I don't see Ogg Theora getting much traction vs h.264 if market forces will dictate the chosen codec.
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