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Re: It's over, Apple was ri...

Alan Baker
SubjectRe: It's over, Apple was right...
FromAlan Baker
Date08/21/2012 07:21 (08/20/2012 22:21)
Message-ID<alangbaker-2FC557.22215620082012@news.shawcable.net>
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Newsgroupscomp.sys.mac.advocacy
FollowsLaszlo Lebrun

In article <k0v5ip$7s9$1@tota-refugium.de>, Laszlo Lebrun <lazlo_lebrun@laszlomail.com>wrote:

Laszlo Lebrun
On 20.08.2012 22:02, Alan Baker wrote:

Alan Baker
In article <k0u3uo$7b5$1@tota-refugium.de>, Laszlo Lebrun <lazlo_lebrun@laszlomail.com>wrote:

Laszlo Lebrun
On 20.08.2012 17:38, Alan Baker wrote:

What does that change? You CAN , you must not use H.264 with Flash. Your vistors, having Flash enabled, will always be able to see your content, across all platforms.

Alan Baker
You were making a big deal about fees, Laszlo...

Laszlo Lebrun
Exactly. Flash is free tu use by everybody, No fees whatsoever.

Alan Baker
Not if it's H.264 in a Flash wrapper, it isn't. And that's what much Flash video is these days.

Laszlo Lebrun
Maybe most people don't care about patented technology with potential fees... Well for 90% of the existing crap, delivering a shaky youtube camcorder .mov clip isn't an issue for many. They paid the fee already with the camcorder or their mobile.

Whenever however H.264 will have got no alternative any more, then the patent holders will begin to hunt the big game...

LOL

Riiiiiiight.

-- "The iPhone doesn't have... ...well, since Edwin seems to have finally crawled away for good, I guess I'll let him off the hook