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Money For Nothing and the Codecs For Free

Posted by timothy on from the wrapper-inside-a-riddle-inside-a-framework-inside-an-enigma dept.

Davis Freeberg writes "In an in depth discussion on the codec industry, CoreCodec CEO and Matroska Foundation board member Dan Marlin shares his thoughts on the growing popularity of the MKV container, confusion in the marketplace between X.264/MKV and DivXHD and weighs in on a controversial decision by Microsoft to block third party filter support in future versions of Windows media player. His interview offers a behind the scenes look at an important piece of technology that is helping to power the P2P movement. It also raises the prickly question of whether or not Microsoft is abusing their OS monopoly, in order to rein in competition within the codec industry."

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  1. Hans Reiser fucked me in the butt!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I have a question for my fellow Slashdot brethren. Is it okay to use my iPhone 3G as an anal dildo as long as I use a good amount of lube?

  2. Monopoly by Weeksauce · · Score: 1, Troll

    Isn't the whole point of being a Monopoly to abuse your power?

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  3. Re:Hack by TinBromide · · Score: 0, Troll
    I think that if VLC runs on windows 7, 3rd party codecs will too. However, Microsoft is making the new versions of media player less useful by not playing 3rd party codecs.

    BTW, ts TFA just FUD or a guy promoting his own agenda??

    He's probably disappointed that Microsoft won't license his codec from him and pay him lots of money for lots of installs that will rarely use it.

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  4. Minus 4, Troll) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    fu3king percent of Jesus Up The inventing excuses documents like a

  5. What Monopoly by krwren · · Score: -1, Troll

    As Apple keeps growing it's hard to call Microsoft a Monopoly.

    Also, restricting the codex will increase both security and stability. I've had to rebuild after installing some open source codex a few years ago.