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Microsoft Slams Google Over HTML5 Video Decision
jbrodkin writes "Microsoft is accusing Google of some heavy-handed tactics in the battle over HTML5 video standards. In an attempt at humor, a clearly peeved Microsoft official wrote 'An Open Letter from the President of the United States of Google,' which likens Google's adoption of WebM instead of H.264 to an attempt to force a new language on the entire world. Internet Explorer 9, of course, supports the H.264 codec, while Google and Mozilla are backing WebM. The hyperlinks in Microsoft's blog post lead readers to data indicating that two-thirds of Web videos are using H.264, with about another 25% using Flash VP6. However, the data, from Encoding.com, was released before the launch of WebM last May. One pundit predicts the battle will lead to yet another 'years-long standards format war.'"
In a recently uncovered posting from Microsoft countless years ago, a clearly peeved Microsoft official wrote: "An open letter from the President of the United States of Mozilla", which likens Mozilla's Firefox browser's adoption of actual honest-to-god agreed W3C standards, to an attempt to force a new language on the entire world.
Internet Explorer 5, of course, supports Microsoft's bastard child of what they think HTML should be, to make them most money. The hyperlinks in Microsoft's blog post lead readers to data indicating that over 90% of web users use Internet Explorer (thus implying that popularity somehow make it the superior choice), with the rest using some crap nobody's heard of.
I like the MPEG group.
- They've done a lot of good work these last 25 years (MPEG1, MPEG2, MP3, JPEG, MPEG4, AAC, HE-AAC), and I don't see any reason to stop using their specifications. I especially love those most-recent specs which let me send video to my friend who's stuck on dialup, or listen to FM-quality radio at only 14kbit/s. As for microsoft or google, I could care less.
My AC stalker: " I personally agree with your posts most of the time, but that won't keep me from modding you troll"
If M$ is opposed then we are probably in the right way
You can't afford an extra 10 cents per device or browser? I'm sorry. Here let me help you out. (Searches yellowpages for welfare office.) No on second thought: Here's a dime. That's certainly cheaper than me having to go buy a new WebM-compatible iPod for ~10,000 cents.
BESIDES the licensing fees will disappear very soon. MPEG1/2/JPEG are already public domain if I recall correctly, and MPEG4/H264 will soon be an open standard too. I'm happy to keep using MPEG's products just as I'm happy to keep buying Hondas and VWs.
I'm sticking with MPEG. I could care less about WebM or Orbis or other codecs my iGadgets can't play.
My AC stalker: " I personally agree with your posts most of the time, but that won't keep me from modding you troll"
P.S. If you support "openness" why the need to censor posts? (Use modding to them them invisible.) That's not open. Or free.
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall
When a post is modded (0) or lower, it disappears from view. It become invisible which is the same as censorship.
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall
When a post is modded (0) or lower, it disappears from view.
It becomes invisible which is censorship.
For a people who support "openness" that should never happen.
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall