Microsoft Codec Required For Blu-Ray Players 490
dmayle writes "According to ExtremeTech, the Blu-Ray Disc Association (which consists of many big names, like Sony, Philips, and Pioneer) has decided to mandate Microsoft's VC-1 video codec. With HD-DVD incorporating Microsoft's patented video codecs as well, what will happen to the state of media players on Open Source? (Here's an additional source for Blu-Ray info)."
Re:No thanks Microsoft (Score:2, Funny)
My prediction (Score:2, Funny)
My prediction is this, someone will reverse engineer the codec and release it a la DeCSS and everyone will have it. Microsoft will try to shut it down and there will be T shirts with the code printed on them.
LK
Re:What will happen? (Score:5, Funny)
Blu-Ray Jon (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Don't jump to conclusions just yet (Score:5, Funny)
Damnit, you tell me now, after I already bought the mat...
Re:They're doing what now? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:the Man is out to own us! (Score:2, Funny)
> appliances... Next to the very cable TV we watch...
I hope you still have the receipt for that 'Orwell' book you're paraphrasing...
bad joke (Score:2, Funny)
But it's so new it's still copyrighted! (Score:2, Funny)
People misquote Orwell's 1984, Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, and Huxley's Brave New World because the books are too new (being published on or after 1923) for people to find the time and money to get through them.
Re:Does not matter (Score:3, Funny)
Wow, you must know some very developmentally challenged 13 year olds. If a 13 year old cannot read, (s)he has bigger problems than not being able to watch foreign movies.
Re:here we go again (Score:5, Funny)
I remember reading a "report" in a "men's entertainment" magazine that gave the statistic that 2% of men could orally pleasure themselves.
If these numbers are accurate, that means for every person using Linux, there are 2 guys who can suck their own dicks.
I wouldn't call that penetration.
Read what you quote (Score:1, Funny)
Re:MSFT media domination begins? (Score:2, Funny)