- From: Håkon Wium Lie <howcome@opera.com>
- Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 23:03:43 +0100
Also sprach Robert Brodrecht:
> As I said before, I think we have a lot better chance at getting a common,
> cross-browser, cross-platform format with MPEG 4. The reason WHAT WG
> proposed Theora is *because* it is FOSS, not for quality, size, ease of
> implementation, or anything else (as far as I know).
Due to software patents, MPEG 4 costs money. Also, it requires more
processing power than many devices have. Who will pay for licenses to
OLPC's machines? And, how will the get the power to decode?
I think it's vital that we find an open format that the free world can
use.
If MPEG4 is the alternative, we might as well continue using Flash and
<object>. But it's not a world I want to live in.
-h&kon
H?kon Wium Lie CTO ??e??
howcome at opera.com http://people.opera.com/howcome
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