I’m too lazy to type up an article so here is some articles that explain things:

h.264 for Internet Video

No, you can’t do that with h.264

I’m planning to write an article soon about the importance of open technologies which relate directly to this. It might actually be an audio netcast (or podcast if you’re so inclined). I don’t feel like typing lately…

UPDATE: Google has acquired On2 Technologies and the Free Software Foundation has sent them an open letter urging them to open VP8 video codec. Link to letter: http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/google-free-on2-vp8-for-youtube

Till next time…