<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Harold Sawyer wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:f1bdf9181001290516o19fc0615sffa2a711e16c69e0@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Audio video codec seems one of the last frontiers that companies can use to be paid for proprietary software. How does the hardware company keep their R&D costs as an investment if they share what they did with the world so it can be copied? That means, in my opinion, that cutting edge technological solutions that can be worth something financially will always have to stay proprietary for a while, at least until the person or companies who underwrites the development can get a return on their investments. </pre> </blockquote> Difficult to digest. The use of H.264 is not because of above reasons IIRC but because H.264 is *said* to be superior than Theora and has hardware acceleration. But hey, come on - we can make Theora better. -- Manish </body> </html>