Interesting article about Google and h.264

[James R. Coplin]

It is now.  Before Apple caved, the licensing fees added approximately $50
to the price of a motherboard.  Manufacturers opted for the massively
cheaper USB.  Eventually Apple caved but too late.  USB had the market
share.

James R. Coplin

> -----Original Message-----
> From: music-bar-bounces at lists.music-bar.org [mailto:music-bar-
> bounces at lists.music-bar.org] On Behalf Of Joost Schuttelaar
> Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2011 5:37 PM
> To: Music-bar
> Subject: Re: Interesting article about Google and h.264
> 
> Huh? Licensing costs are 25 cents per device:
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_1394_interface
> 
> --
> 
> Joost Schuttelaar
> The Hague, NL
> 
> On Jan 17, 2011, at 0:21 , James R. Coplin wrote:
> 
> > You said mid to high. ;)  The performance of the i5 series is so
> absurdly
> > high, there are far fewer LGA1366 boards.  The point is, firewire is
> not
> > ubiquitous or common as it certainly could have been if Apple hadn't
> messed
> > it up with licensing.  I suspect a couple more release cycles and
> less than
> > 1/2 of Apple products will have it either.  A quick look at external
> hard
> > drives etc. shows it is running behind USB and about to be surpassed
> by
> > eSata.
> >
> > James R. Coplin
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: music-bar-bounces at lists.music-bar.org [mailto:music-bar-
> >> bounces at lists.music-bar.org] On Behalf Of Peter Korsten
> >> Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2011 4:19 PM
> >> To: Music-bar
> >> Subject: Re: Interesting article about Google and h.264
> >>
> >> Op 16-1-2011 22:36, James R. Coplin schreef:
> >>
> >>> A quick look at New Egg shows that of the 120 LGA1156 motherboards
> >> they
> >>> have, only 40 have firewire and that number is rapidly shrinking
> each
> >>> release cycle.
> >>
> >> LGA 1156 is not high end. :)
> >>
> >> - Peter
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