The dithering of the HTML5 editors has no meant that Microsoft have cemented the video codec for HTML5 as H264. Had they only bit the bullet and not been unnecessarily scared of patent issues for Ogg Theora, we could have had a true open video standard for the future web.<p>If Google release VP8 as open source and license-free, and HTML5 adopt it as a baseline, will MS change their mind?
Of course Microsoft and Apple are endorsing HTML5/H.264; they are part of the licensing body that stands to profit from H.264 adoption. See <a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1306044" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1306044</a>