19 May
2010
19 May
'10
9 p.m.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-20005328-265.html?tag=newsLeadStoriesArea…
Most relevant to this community: http://www.webmproject.org/
The WebM project is dedicated to developing a high-quality, open video
format for the web that is freely available to
everyone.The WebM launch is
supported by Mozilla, Opera, Google and more than forty other publishers,
software and hardware vendors.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20005378-264.html
Video streaming is a complicated by patents, though. Mozilla's top lawyer
argues that Ogg Theora is safe to use in regards to
patents. But Microsoft
has cast doubts on Ogg Theora, and Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs
apparently is considering a patent attack on open-source video codecs.
Meanwhile, back at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_Loop_(street) someone
needs to loosen their black turtle-neck...
http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/
"Adobe’s Flash products are 100% proprietary.
They are only available from
Adobe, and Adobe has sole authority as to their future enhancement, pricing,
etc. While Adobe’s Flash products are widely available, this does not mean
they are open, since they are controlled entirely by Adobe and available
only from Adobe. By almost any definition, Flash is a closed system."
Niels
http://nielsmayer.com
PS: most intriguing statement from above google/IO twittering....
"For example, linking Web applications to GPU hardware" (sounds like
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VDPAU for web video)