Microsoft, Apple Will Never Allow An Open Web

“There were high hopes with HTML5. It was expected to set the
Web free of locked, closed, proprietary formats. That may not be
the case anymore. Apple and Microsoft seem determined to put locks
on this possibility.

“Microsoft’s Dean Hachamovitch, General Manager, Internet
Explorer, has made it clear that ‘In its HTML5 support, IE9 will
support playback of H.264 video only.’

“Apple’s Steve Jobs has already written at length supporting
H.264 and bashing Adobe for its ‘closed’ Flash for his own
‘airtight’ products.”

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