MPEG-4 people cry over Microsoft

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Aron Schatz
Posted
January 10, 2003
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Well, this is interesting. Since Microsoft is releasing the Media player 9 codec to everyone cheaper than the MPEG-4 codec, it has them upset. Get over it, it is called compitetion.

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Companies including Microsoft, RealNetworks and Apple Computer have developed advanced codecs to take advantage of the widening adoption of digital media, with quality improvements at each step of the way; and all the companies are jockeying for dominance in PC and non-PC markets. But while Microsoft is pushing for adoption of its proprietary technology by consumer-electronics manufacturers and content owners, Apple and RealNetworks have turned to support of MPEG-4.

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