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Sun addressing the video codec issue

Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 5:12 pm
by Patrick

Re: Sun addressing the video codec issue

Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 5:29 pm
by greggh
Excellent! Sun must have read my recent rant on this forum...

http://www.thelinuxlink.net/forum/viewt ... f=2&t=2740
Really enjoyed today's interview. I was gald to hear the guest talking about the serious problem that we are facing with flash streaming video. For a while now I have been thinking that this is one of the most serious problems facing the community and the freedom of the net in general. I think it is long past the time for some big FOSS companies like IBM, Sun, Redhat, and Novell to step up, pour in lots of developers and money, and either seriously improve ogg theora, or start fresh with a different free format. The freedom to communicate on the net is at stake.

Re: Sun addressing the video codec issue

Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 8:08 am
by dann
Hmm, at the end of the article it states that OMS is based on h26x technology. Isn't that by the mpeg group and wouldn't it be patent encumbered requiring a royality? I'll have to look into that.

Re: Sun addressing the video codec issue

Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 8:53 am
by davijordan
Maybe Sun will buy them out like they did mysql and things will get real interesting.