[Sheflug] Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 Shuns Open Video

[Richard Ibbotson <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi

Oh... dear... more silliness...

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/30/internet_explorer_9_closed_video/

"  In a Friday blog post, Internet Explorer general manager Dean 
Hachamovitch said that the forthcoming Internet Explorer 9 will only 
play HTML5 video using the H.264 codec.  That means Microsoft has 
ruled against using the open-source Ogg Theora codec from Xiph.og, 
following in the footsteps of Apple and Steve Jobs. Today, Jobs once 
again spoke out against Ogg, claiming that "a patent pool is being 
assembled to go after Theora and other 'open source' codecs."


Richard

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