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H.264 vs. Theora — Fightin' Words About Patentability
An anonymous reader writes "Thom Holwerda from OS News has penned a rebuttal to claims from Daring Fireball's John Gruber that Theora is a greater patent risk than H.264. Holwerda writes, 'And so the H264/Theora debate concerning HTML5 video continues. The most recent entry into the discussion comes from John Gruber, who argues that Theora is more in danger of patent litigation than H264. He's wrong, and here's why.'"
Pretty good bit of flamebait there. Almost read like a genuine opinion.
Violence is like duct tape. If it doesn't solve the problem, you didn't use enough.
No one sane and/or credible decided that. H.264 has a required licensing fee. Theora does not. Until someone puts their patents where their mouths are that's the end of it.
It's all very well standing around hinting what a huge penis you have, but sooner or later you're going to have to pull down your pants.
Considering the vast majority of OS X surfers use Safari and nobody cares at all about Linux except 20+ year old virgins, that's not really a big problem.
Re-reading your original post, I'm fairly certain it was not.
Just shows that you are an idiot and your opinions don't matter. Tough luck.
Lars T.
To the guy who modded me down from perfect to terrible Karma - Apple haters still suck